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Armed Batavians : use and significance of weaponry and horse gear from non-military contexts in the Rhine Delta (50 BC to AD 450) / Johan Nicolay.

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This study explores the use and significance of Roman weaponry and horse gear from non-military contexts in the eastern Rhine delta - the territory of the Batavians. Using a life-cycle model for Roman soldiers, the author interprets the large quantity of 1st-century finds as personal memorabilia bro...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author: Nicolay, Johan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Dutch
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2007.
Series:Amsterdam archaeological studies ; 11.
Subjects:
Horses > Netherlands > Equipment and supplies.
Batavi (Germanic people)
Netherlands > Antiquities, Roman.
Rhine-Meuse Delta (Netherlands) > Antiquities, Roman.
Classical antiquities
Horses > Equipment and supplies
Netherlands
Netherlands > Rhine-Meuse Delta
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Military equipment and horse gear: a survey
  • 3. An analysis of the finds at the regional and site level
  • 4. Production and symbolic imagery
  • 5. Military equipment and the life cycle of a Roman soldier
  • 6. Non-military use of weaponry and horse gear in urban and rural settlements
  • 7. Warriors, soldiers and civilians. Use and significance of weaponry and horse gear in a changing socio-political context
  • Abbreviations
  • Bibliography
  • Appendices 1-4
  • About the plates and the catalogue
  • Plates

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