★★ To begin with, during the era of the Republic in Rome itself and other large cities, there were many workshops that produced weapons and armor. It was they who supplied the army, which was initially quite small - two legions and a few more turm cavalry, moreover, most often recruited from the allies. Everything... Continua a leggere →
★★★ Organizzazione, struttura, tattica ed equipaggiamento Quello che spesso definiamo come riforma dell'esercito romano tardo-antico, indicativamente nel periodo che va dal regno di Settimio Severo sino alla 'caduta' della pars Occidentis nel 476 ad opera di Odoacre, è da ascriversi ai profondi mutamenti avvenuti a seguito delle guerre Marcomanniche di Marco Aurelio sul finire del... Continua a leggere →
★★ Until the 4th century AD, the entire Roman army could be called a border army, since most of it, starting from the time of Augustus, was located along the borders, and there was a clear tendency to attach individual legions and cohorts to certain border provinces. That is, we can say that the border guard system... Continua a leggere →
★★ The economic crisis that struck the Empire in the 3rd century led to a sharp deterioration in the situation of all lower classes of the population and caused a number of powerful demonstrations of the masses in the provinces, Italy and in Rome itself. The deeper the process of development of the colonate, the enslavement of... Continua a leggere →
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