Feeding the Roman Army in Britain

2023/08/14 by Peter Guest, Hongjiao Ma, Leïa Mion +2 · 8 citations
Arts and Humanities · Engineering · Social Sciences · #Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History #Ancient history #Archaeology #Classical Antiquity Studies #Economic history #Economics #Economy #Empire #Engineering #Frontier #Geography #Historical and Architectural Studies #History #Provisioning #Roman Empire

paper · pdf · doi:10.15184/aqy.2023.110

published in Antiquity 97(395) (Cambridge University Press)

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Abstract

How did the Roman Empire supply and maintain its frontier garrisons? What was the impact on populations and landscapes of conquered territories? The Feeding the Roman Army in Britain project will answer these questions by establishing how soldiers were provisioned and how frontiers operated as economic as well as militarised zones.

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