Translator's Preface Acknowledgements IntroductionThe state of research The iconographic sources On armament, equipment, and the buildings Basic information on the history and structure of the Roman army Notes to introduction Part I Iconographic sources for the Roman military by Dietrich Boschung1. Introduction 2. Republican representations3. The Early Empire: Augustus to Domitian 4. Representations from the middle imperial period5. Representations from the Tetrarchic period6. Representations from Late Antiquity Notes to Part IPart II General remarks on the Roman army1. Introduction 2.

A history of research3. Armament and equipment4. Find contexts of Roman weapons and equipment parts 5. Legionary or auxiliary equipment? 6. Rank insignia7. On the reconstruction of Roman fighting methods8. Comments on the re-enactment scene 9. Forgeries Notes to Part IIPart III Costumes, weapons, and equipment of the army from original archaeological finds1.

Infantry 2. Cavalry 3. Artillery4. Standards and instruments for signalling 5. Awards and decorations 6. Pioneer tools, tents, field pack Notes to Part III Part IV The buildings of the Roman army1. Introduction 2. Roman camps and forts3.

The most important types of camps and forts 4. Late Roman fortifications 5. Military infrastructure 6. Limites and ripaeNotes to Part IV Part V The development periods of Roman military history1. Introduction 2. Republic3. The early Imperial period from Augustus to Nero4. The middle Imperial period from Vespasian to Trajan5.

The middle Imperial period from Hadrian to Septimius Severus6. The middle Imperial period from Caracalla to the reforms of Diocletian 7. Late Antiquity Notes to Part V Part VI The Roman navy1. Arming and equipping the marines2. Bases of the Roman fleets in the Imperial period by Thomas Schmidts 3. Roman warships by Ronald Bockius Notes to Part VI End matter 375Bibliography Abbreviations Illustration credits Index Persons and peoples Places Subjects.