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Alexei Kozlenko Where served Numerius Granonius? Military career of the Roman centurion of the Civil war epoch. The article deals with the Roman centurion Numerius Granonius epitaphs of 48 BC from Dipylon cemetery of Athens. Author... more
Roman Battle Tactics: from Marius to Trajan - Ziv Yoffe מאז הרפורמות של קאמילוס (Camillus) במאה ה-4 לפנה"ס, במשך כ-500 שנה סיפחה רומא תחת שליטתה עוד ועוד אזורים וארצות, עד לקבלת השליטה המלאה על כל הים התיכון. בשיא כוחה, נעו גבולות... more
Paper about the use of the fringed cloak in the Roman late-republican portraiture. It displays a full list of the Roman Late-Republican and Augustan portraits wearing a fringed cloak. Usually the were cuirassed or nude portraits. The... more
Abstract: This article examines the Battle of Zama in 202, which ended the Second Punic War (218–201) between Rome and Carthage. It argues that the maneuvers described by Polybius are most intelligible if Hannibal sought to corral Scipio... more
The death of Caesar’s legates, Sabinus and Cotta, with their fifteen cohorts in 54 BC is the most significant defeat of Roman armies in Gaul. In his Commentarii, Caesar presents this setback as the result of one man’s fault : his legate... more
The author discusses the appearance of cornicularii in the Roman army. Drawing on the literary, epigraphic, iconographic and archaeological evidence he argues that at the beginning of the Imperial times the post of cornicularius was given... more
تحاول هذه الدراسة تتبع دور القمح المصري في السياسة الرومانية مركزة على أواخر العصر الجمهوري و أوائل عصر الإمبراطورية، ورصد كيفية استخدام الرومان له في صراعاتهم مع بعضهم البعض و مع غيرهم من القوى الأخرى في عصر الجمهورية، ودوره... more
Souvent qualifiée de « célèbre » ou de « fameuse », cette unité est sans doute la moins bien connue des légions césariennes. Au détour d'une phrase de sa biographie de César, Suétone nous apprend qu'il a formé à ses frais une légion... more
Abstract: The Roman centurion was perhaps the most important officer in the Roman army. This article argues that during the Republican period, Roman soldiers elected their own centurions, based on a confluence of literary, philological,... more
In the account of the Third Samnite War (298–290 BC), Livy records a special commitment of the Samnite Linen Legion that faced the Romans at Aquilonia in 293 BC. The oath of this élite formation required discipline and sacrifice to a... more
Una de las conclusiones principales que se desprende del estudio de este conjunto numismático es que la presencia en Renieblas III de plata romana acuñada en época muy antigua (entre finales del siglo III a.C. y principios del siglo II... more
"This article explores two questions about the tactical mechanics of the Roman manipular legion. Firstly, what frontages did the Roman legion field in set-piece battle? Given that Hellenistic forces deployed in standardized formations,... more
Centurions in legions were advancing through ranks, which were indicated by the cohort and the maniple they were serving in. But how did they exactly move through these ranks? How were the primi ordines fitting into the ranking system?... more
Extended abstract of the MA Thesis "The Role of Psychological Operations (PSYOPS) in the Army of the Roman Republic"
Pocos conjuntos monetales han tenido tanta repercusión para los estudios de numismática hispánica como los hallados por Adolf Schulten a principios del siglo XX en los campamentos cercanos a Numancia: Peña Redonda, Castillejo,... more
This paper argues that Marius political career was shaped more by the circumstances of the times in which he lived, rather than by his military achievements and possible Army reforms. The paper was originally written as an assignment in... more
The military settlement of Valdetorres stands as an interesting site in the historical narrative of the Roman conquest of Hispania. The morphology of its wall, the plan of its interior constructions and, above all, its artifactual record... more