Roman Military Diplomas VI

Paul Holder (Editor)

Series: Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies Supplements

Published in association with: Institute of Classical Studies

This sixth volume in the renowned Roman Military Diplomas series brings together in one accessible collection the Roman military diplomas published between 2004 and 2007. Each of the 179 diplomas is catalogued, transcribed and reconstructed alongside information relating to its physical description, findspot, state of preservation, current location and new readings helping to illuminate everything from the commanders of units to the social lives of soldiers. The volume also includes a revised chronology of the diplomas, appendices providing important criteria in dating the fragments, comprehensive indices of witnesses, persons, places and units and, for the first time, a table of concordances enabling concurrent work with previous volumes in the Roman Military Diplomas series. Collectively, the volume offers new insights into Roman military procedures and personnel, the social and legal status of soldiers and the afterlife of the diplomas. It is an essential reference tool for anyone researching Roman imperial history, the Roman army and epigraphy.

This volume continues the high standard of scholarship already found in the Roman Military Diplomas series and will immediately take an important place on the shelves of students and scholars alike. For ancient historians, archaeologists, military historians, and classicists these documents help illuminate important information about military units, commanders, and the social lives of soldiers.

— Elizabeth Greene, Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor of Roman Archaeology, University of Western Ontario, Canada

A Revised Chronology of the Diplomas Published up to RMD VI
Critical Signs
Diplomas 477–655
Appendix I: Sites on the Capitol before 90
Appendix IIa: Inner face of Tabella I: Last line, 118–140
Appendix IIb: Inner face of Tabella II: First line, 118–140
Appendix IIIa: Period 3 witness lists, 138–168
Appendix IIIb: Period 3 witness lists, 178–237
Concordances
Indices: 1. Witnesses: a revised list of all known witnesses up to RMD VI 2. Names 3a. Governors 3b. Prefects of the Fleets 4. Recipients, their units, and their families 5a. Commanders of auxiliary units named in this volume 5b. Commanders of the equites singulares Augusti 6. Units 7. Peoples and Places

Paperback: 9781915249654 / 356 pages / 297mm x 210mm

Paul Holder (Editor)

Paul Holder held the role of subject librarian at the University of Manchester until 2016. He has published widely on the subject of Roman military diplomas, and was the editor of Roman Military Diplomas IV (2003; with Margaret Roxan) and Roman Military Diplomas V (2006).

— Elizabeth Greene, Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor of Roman Archaeology, University of Western Ontario, Canada

Subject: Classical Studies

BISAC codes: HIS027220

Thema codes: NHW

Keywords: Roman, army, auxiliary units, bronze, diplomas, epigraphy, fleet, imperial history, inscriptions, latin, legal document, military, plaques, soldiers