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| Title: The Roman army in Egypt 31 B.C.-A.D. 212 Type: Book Year: 1991 Abstract: "Roman Egypt has produced a considerable amount of documentary, papyrological material illuminating for historians the society of the chora. Some of the material illuminates the role of the army in society and much of this has not been exploited by military historians. The thesis is divided into two broad sections. The first section, chapters 3 to 7, covers the role of the army as an institution. I consider the military role of the army in guarding against external threats or launching expeditions out of Egypt and the place of the forces in Egypt in the crises in the Eastern Mediterranean. I get on to study the internal revolts in Alexandria and in the chora before concluding the section with a detailed analysis of the impact of the army at the level of the village. Here I concentrate on the policing role of the army and especially on the position of the centurion. The second part of the thesis concerns the position of the soldiery in Egyptian society, looking at their legal, social and economic position as well as recruitment and veteran settlement. Much of the evidence for this part of the thesis comes from the North-Eastern Fayum villages and the section culminates in a case study of one of the villages of that area, Karani". Keywords: Jewish History: Roman Era |