Auxilia and gymnasia: A sicilian model of Roman imperialism
<p style="text-align:justify;"> This paper examines the evidence for military activity in the Republican provincia of Sicily from the Punic Wars to the Civil Wars, and the implications of this for our understanding of Republican Sicily and Republican imperialism. After the Second Pu...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Journal article |
| Published: |
Cambridge University Press
2010
|
| _version_ | 1797064863613190144 |
|---|---|
| author | Prag, J |
| author_facet | Prag, J |
| author_sort | Prag, J |
| collection | OXFORD |
| description | <p style="text-align:justify;"> This paper examines the evidence for military activity in the Republican provincia of Sicily from the Punic Wars to the Civil Wars, and the implications of this for our understanding of Republican Sicily and Republican imperialism. After the Second Punic War there was very little use of Roman or Italian allied soldiers on the island, but extensive use, by Rome, of local Sicilian soldiers. The rich evidence for gymnasia suggests one way in which this use of local manpower was based upon existing civic structures and encouraged local civic culture and identity. These conclusions prompt a reassessment of the importance of auxilia externa under the Roman Republic and of models for Republican imperial control of provinciae. </p> |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-06T21:20:28Z |
| format | Journal article |
| id | oxford-uuid:414634f8-a9a3-4654-8b47-c8b7c7ed5cc1 |
| institution | University of Oxford |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-06T21:20:28Z |
| publishDate | 2010 |
| publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | oxford-uuid:414634f8-a9a3-4654-8b47-c8b7c7ed5cc12022-03-26T14:42:38ZAuxilia and gymnasia: A sicilian model of Roman imperialismJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:414634f8-a9a3-4654-8b47-c8b7c7ed5cc1Symplectic Elements at OxfordCambridge University Press2010Prag, J <p style="text-align:justify;"> This paper examines the evidence for military activity in the Republican provincia of Sicily from the Punic Wars to the Civil Wars, and the implications of this for our understanding of Republican Sicily and Republican imperialism. After the Second Punic War there was very little use of Roman or Italian allied soldiers on the island, but extensive use, by Rome, of local Sicilian soldiers. The rich evidence for gymnasia suggests one way in which this use of local manpower was based upon existing civic structures and encouraged local civic culture and identity. These conclusions prompt a reassessment of the importance of auxilia externa under the Roman Republic and of models for Republican imperial control of provinciae. </p> |
| spellingShingle | Prag, J Auxilia and gymnasia: A sicilian model of Roman imperialism |
| title | Auxilia and gymnasia: A sicilian model of Roman imperialism |
| title_full | Auxilia and gymnasia: A sicilian model of Roman imperialism |
| title_fullStr | Auxilia and gymnasia: A sicilian model of Roman imperialism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Auxilia and gymnasia: A sicilian model of Roman imperialism |
| title_short | Auxilia and gymnasia: A sicilian model of Roman imperialism |
| title_sort | auxilia and gymnasia a sicilian model of roman imperialism |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT pragj auxiliaandgymnasiaasicilianmodelofromanimperialism |