Exploring the Mid-Republican Origins of Roman Military Administration : With Stylus and Spear

This volume demonstrates the development of Roman military bureaucracy during the Middle Republic, expanding on recent research to examine these administrative systems that made possible Rome’s expansion in this period. Bringing together literary works, epigraphy, archaeology, topography and demography, the study reveals a complex and well-structured bureaucratic system developing in parallel with the army during the Middle Republic, propelled in no small part by the stresses of the Hannibalic War. Not only the contents of documents, but the physical objects, individuals and spaces are discussed to re-create the administrative processes in maximum detail. __Exploring the Mid-Republican Origins of Roman Military Administration__ provides an invaluable resource for students and scholars of Rome’s military and administrative history, as well as anyone working on the Republican period. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents Figures Tables Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Outline of approach Sources of evidence Chapter outline 1. Dilectus i. Polybius as a military historian ii. Terminology iii. Service terms iv. In Capitolio Space and capacity Numbers at the dilectus Discussion v. Selecting milites vi. Legion size vii. Paperwork and the dilectus 2. The census and centralised military bureaucracy i. Census declarations ii. Census registration on campaign iii. Polybian manpower figures iv. The census and military administration 3. Recording men on campaign i. The importance of accurate figures ii. Counting the dead iii. Calculating stipendium Food Clothing Arms Pay scales iv. Supplementa v. Lustra vi. Tracking manpower on campaign 4. Tributum and stipendium i. Terminology ii. Taxpayers and tax rates iii. Collecting tributum iv. Paying stipendium v. Quaestorial accounts vi. Tributum, stipendium and military administration 5. Documents and archives i. Physical form of records Bronze Papyrus Leaf-style tablets Wax tablets Linen Military documents ii. Record sizes iii Location of storage Aerarium Saturni Aedes Nympharum Atrium Libertatis Towards an administrative complex 6. Record producers and record keepers i. Literacy in the Middle Republic ii. Scribae iii. Recording the census Conclusion: The Mid-Republican origins of Roman military administration Mid-Republican and Imperial administration Appendix I: Men liable and available for military service Appendix II: Men over 17 years old with a living paterfamilias Bibliography Index "This volume demonstrates the development of Roman military bureaucracy during the Middle Republic, expanding on recent research to examine these administrative systems that made possible Rome's expansion in this period. Bringing together literary works, epigraphy, archaeology, topography and demography, the study reveals a complex and well-structured bureaucratic system developing in parallel with the army during the Middle Republic, propelled in no small part by the stresses of the Hannibalic War. Not only the contents of documents, but the physical objects, individuals and spaces are discussed to recreate the administrative processes in maximum detail. Exploring the Mid-Republican Origins of Roman Military Administration provides an invaluable resource for students and scholars of Rome's military and administrative history, as well as anyone working on the Republican period"-- Provided by publisher