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1 online resource (viii, 263 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of London, 1990. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-258) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover -- SOLDIER AND SOCIETY IN ROMAN EGYPT -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF MAPS, TABLES AND FIGURES -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 THE ARMY AND THE PROVINCE -- 3 RECRUITMENT AND VETERAN SETTLEMENT -- 4 THE LEGAL STATUS OF SOLDIERS AND VETERANS -- 5 THE ARMY IN ACTION -- INTRODUCTION -- EXTERNAL WARS -- INTERNAL REVOLTS -- THE ARMY AS LABOUR FORCE -- POLICING -- THE DISTRICT CENTURIONS -- EVERYDAY LIFE -- CONCLUSIONS -- 6 THE ARMY AND THE ECONOMY -- INTRODUCTION -- PAY -- ECONOMIC STATUS -- CHANGES IN ECONOMIC STATUS -- SUPPLY SYSTEM -- ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE ARMY -- CONCLUSIONS -- 7 KARANIS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE VILLAGE -- VETERANS -- VETERANS' FAMILIES: CASE STUDIES -- CONCLUSIONS -- 8 DIOCLETIAN AND AFTER -- 9 CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX 1 Military units -- LEGIONS -- ALAE -- COHORTS -- NUMERI -- APPENDIX 2 The archaeology of the army -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Rome -- Army -- History.
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Rome (Empire) |
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Armies. |
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History. |
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Sociology, Military -- Egypt -- History.
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Sociology, Military. |
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Egypt. |
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Egypt -- History -- 30 B.C.-640 A.D.
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Karanis (Extinct city)
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| Chronological Term |
30 B.C.-640 A.D |
| Indexed Term |
Soldiers History |
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Egypt |
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Italy |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Academic theses.
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Academic theses.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Alston, Richard, 1965- Soldier and society in Roman Egypt. London ; New York : Routledge, 1995 0415122708 (DLC) 95013204 (OCoLC)32274605 |
| ISBN |
0203066731 (electronic book) |
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9780203066737 (electronic book) |
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0415122708 (Cloth) |
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9780415122702 (Cloth) |
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0415186064 (Paper) |
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9780415186063 (Paper) |
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