TY - BOOK AU - D'Amato,Raffaele TI - Arms and armour of the Imperial Roman soldier: from Marius to Commodus, 112 BC-AD 192 SN - 9781848325128 AV - U805 .D36 2009 U1 - 623.4/410937 22 PY - 2009/// CY - London PB - Frontline KW - Weapons, Ancient KW - Rome KW - Armor, Ancient KW - Armee KW - swd KW - Bewehrung KW - Kriegswaffe KW - Army KW - Equipment KW - Military antiquities KW - History, Military KW - Römisches Reich KW - Military history KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-273) and index; Foreword / Giorgio Ravegnani -- Introduction . Graham Sumner -- One: From Marius to Augustus 112-30 BC (Sources and historical outline ; Military organisation ; Weaponry ; Auxiliary troop equipment: bow and arrows, slingers ; Special equipment and rank symbols, standards, musical instruments and military decorations; Cavalry equipment: The man ; Cavalry equipment: The horse ; Clothing ; Naval equipment); Two: The Roman Empire in the age of expansion, 30 BC -- AD 192 (Sources and historical outline ; Military organisation ; Weaponry ; Auxilia, Numeri and Cohortes eqitatatae ; Signa militaria and the equipment of standard bearers ; Medical corps, special equipment, musicians, rank symbols and military decorations ; Special equipment ; Cavalry equipment: The man ; Cavalry equipment: The horse ; The hyppika gymnasia ; The heavy cavalry: the first Contrafractarii ; The Imperial Guard and Urbaniciani and Vigiles ; Clothing ; Naval equipment) -- Conmclusion -- Appendix: Further details of milites, equites and weapons from the Arausius (Orange) Arch) N2 - Presents information and a collection of photographs of armor, weapons, and military equipment from ancient Rome ER -