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Arms and armour of the Imperial Roman soldier : from Marius to Commodus, 112 BC-AD 192 / Raffaele D'Amato ; introduction, colour paintings and line drawings by Graham Sumner.

By: D'Amato, RaffaeleMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: London : Frontline, 2009. Description: xiv, 290 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cmISBN: 9781848325128; 1848325126Subject(s): Weapons, Ancient -- Rome | Armor, Ancient -- Rome | Armee | Bewehrung | Kriegswaffe | Rome -- Army -- Equipment | Rome -- Military antiquities | Rome -- History, Military | Römisches ReichGenre/Form: Military history | Military history.DDC classification: 623.4/410937 LOC classification: U805 | .D36 2009Other classification: NH 8600 | 6,12
Contents:
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)
Action note: committed to retain 20181001 in perpetuity ReCAP Shared CollectionSummary: Presents information and a collection of photographs of armor, weapons, and military equipment from ancient Rome.
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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)

Presents information and a collection of photographs of armor, weapons, and military equipment from ancient Rome.

committed to retain 20181001 in perpetuity ReCAP Shared Collection HUL