A fully illustrated account of the large-scale reformation of the Roman Army from the reign of Diocletian to the fall of the Western Empire in AD 476.
After the 50-year chaos of the mid-3rd century AD, Emperor Diocletian (r. AD 284–305) and his successor, Constantine I (r. AD 306–37), the first Christian emperor, undertook major administrative reforms to reflect new realities and improve defensive strategy. These changes saw the Roman Army completely reorganized, with its old structure of legions and auxiliary units giving way to central mobile field armies and various classes of garrison troops. In addition, the Army also began recruiting 'allied barbarians' in ever-increasing numbers and even promoted some to the level of senior command.
Roman military expert Raffaele D'Amato draws on the latest archaeological and written evidence to explore this turbulent final period of the Western Empire. Illustrated with photographs and drawings of surviving artefacts and imagery, this latest entry in a series charting the Roman Army's evolution also features eight newly commissioned colour plates depicting the uniforms and weaponry of Rome's reformed military.
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A fully illustrated account of the large-scale reformation of the Roman Army from the reign of Diocletian to the fall of the Western Empire in AD 476.
INTRODUCTION
SELECT CHRONOLOGY (AD)
MILITARY ORGANIZATION
COMPOSITION
The Imperial Comitatus and the Palatini Limitanei or Ripenses Foederati
and Laeti Imperial Guards
UNIT DISTRIBUTION
WEAPONS, EQUIPMENT & CLOTHING
Barbaricum
Diocese of Hispania Provinciae: Gallaecia, Tarraconensis, Cartagenensis,
Lusitania, Baetica (Mauretania Tingitana) Iconography Archaeology:
weapons Equipment Belt fittings, brooches, etc.
Diocese of Britannia Provinciae: Britannia I and II, Maxima Caesariensis,
Flavia Caesariensis, Valentia Archaeology and iconography: weapons
Equipment Belt fittings, brooches, etc.
Diocese of Galliae Provinciae: Germania I and II, Gallia Lugdunensis I,
II, and IV, Belgica I and II, Maxima Sequanorum Archaeology: weapons
Equipment Belt fittings, brooches Riding gear
Diocese of Septem Provinciae Provinciae: Viennensis, Aquitania I and II,
Aquitania III Novempopulana,
Narbonensis I and II, Alpes Poenninae, Graiae, AlpesmMaritimae Iconography
Archaeology
Diocese of Italia Provinciae: Italia Annonaria, Italia Suburbicaria,
Raetia I and II Iconography and archaeology: weapons Equipment Belt
fittings, brooches
Diocese of Pannonia or Illyricum Provinciae: Pannonia I, Pannonia Valeria,
Dalmatia, Noricum Ripense, Noricum Mediterraneum Archaeology: weapons
Equipment Belt fittings, brooches, etc.
Diocese of Africa Provinciae: Africa Proconsularis, Byzacena, Mauretania
Sitifensis, Mauretania Caesariensis, Numidia Cirtensis, Numidia Militiana et
Tripolitania Iconography Archaeology
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
PLATE COMMENTARIES
INDEX
Raffaele D'Amato is the author of some 40 books, including many for Osprey, and has written numerous articles on the Roman Empire, Byzantium, medieval Europe and the military of Ancient Greece. He is the author of several books covering various aspects the Roman Army in the Eastern and Western empires.
