The Civilian Legacy of the Roman Army /

The Civilian Legacy of the Roman Army /

The Roman army represented an important social and organizational reference model for the Romano-Barbarian societies, which progressively replaced the Western Empire in the transition from Late Antiquity to Early Middle Ages. The great flexibility of the decision-making and organizational solutions...

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Other Authors: Loschiavo, Luca (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2024.

Series: History of Warfare ; 144.
Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2024.

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Military law > Rome.
Rome > Army > History.

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Call Number: U35

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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • List of Maps
  • Contributors
  • 1 Transformation of the Military in the Late Antique West
  •   Ian Wood
  • PART 1: The Words of the Soldiers
  • 2 Hospitalitas (I.): The Munus Hospitalitatis and Its limits
  •   Andrea Trisciuoglio
  • 3 Hospitalitas (II.): The Changing Meaning of Hospitalitas
  •   Pierfrancesco Porena
  • 4 Warrior Names and Military Language of the Westgermanic Peoples: Franks and Langobards
  •   Wolfgang Haubrichs
  • 5 The Gothic Language of Warfare
  •   Carla Falluomini
  • PART 2: Social and Juridical Structures
  • 6 Militia and Civitas between Third and Sixth Century CE
  •   Valerio Marotta
  • 7 Persecuting Latrones , Maintaining Disciplina , Enforcing the Velox Supplicium : The Frankish Centena Accordind to Childebert II's Decree
  •   Stefan Esders
  • 8 Soldiers' Marriages: Before and after the Fall of the Empire
  •   Francesco Castagnino
  • 9 Soldiers' Inheritance: The Testamentum Militis and other Privileges from the Imperial Constitutions to the Leges Barbarorum
  •   Iolanda Ruggiero
  • PART 3: Symbols, Rituals and Identity Models
  • 10 The Cingulum Militiae in the Early Middle Ages: Between Status and Function
  •   Andrea A. Verardi
  • 11 Answering the Call to Arms: Lex Visigothorum 9.2
  •   Esperanza Osaba
  • 12 'Traditionskern', 'Gefolgschaft': More Questions Than Answers
  •   Francesco Borri
  • 13 The Lombard Army Between Myth and Reality: Farae, Arimanniae, Arimanni
  •   Stefano Gasparri
  • PART 4: Geometries of the Power and Military Justice
  • 14 Laeti and Gentiles : Military Germanic Settlements in Roman Gaul
  •   Jean-Pierre Poly
  • 15 Personality of Law or Ius Speciale Militum? Around the Origins of the Leges Barbarorum
  •   Luca Loschiavo
  • 16 Late Roman Military Justice and the Birth of Ordeal
  •   Soazick Kerneis
  • 17 Collective Criminal Responsibility and Comrades' Solidarity: From Roman Military Formations to Barbarian Armed Bands
  •   Fabio Botta
  • 18 From the Roman Army to the Laws of the Kingdoms: Concluding Remarks
  •   Walter Pohl
  • Index of Names and Subjects.