The late Roman Army in the near east from Diocletian to the Arab Conquest : proceedings of a colloquium held at Potenza, Acerenza and Matera, Italy / May 2005)

Raccolta dei lavori dei colloqui su The late Roman Army in the near east from Diocletian to the Arab Conquest in varie lingue -inglese, francese, italiano - e diversi autori. SECOND TO THIRD CENTURY: Prolegomeni ad un congresso: considerazioni sull'esercito romano dell'alto Impero / Giovanni Brizzi L'armée romaine en mer Rouge et autour de la mer Rouge aux IIème et IIIème siècles apr. J. C.: à propos de deux inscriptions latines découvertes sur l'archipel Farasan / Francois Villeneuve New Light on the Roman military base at Dura-Europos: interim report on a pilot season of fieldwork in 2005 / Simon James From Praepositus Pretenturae to Dux Ripae.the Roman 'grand strategy' on the Middle Euphrates (2nd - 3rd cent. AD) / Tommaso Gnoli The Roman legionary camp at Legio, Israel: results of an archaeological survey and observations on the Roman military presence at the site / Yotam Tepper The development of the Roman forces in northeastern Anatolia. New evidence for the history of the exercitus appadocicus / Michael A. Speidel LATE THIRD TO SEVENTH CENTURY. The Nabataeaan - Roman Negev in the third century CE / Tali Erickson-Gini The Paved Road from Petra to the ʹArabah: commercial Nabataean or military Roman? / Chaim Ben-David Beʼer Shema: Birsama of the Notitia Dignitatum: a prolegomenon to the 2006 excavations / Benjamin J. Dolinka Crossing the Negev in late Roman times: the administrative development of Palaestina Tertia Salutaris and of its imperial road network / Israel Roll From the constructive technique used in the military architecture of the Limes Arabicus to its conservation and valorisation / Giuseppe Claudio Infranca Military architecture of the Limes Arabicus: strategy, commercial routes, Quotidian life / Maysoun Al-Khouri Economic conditions, security problems and the deployment of the army in later Roman Palestine. Part I: Economy and population / Israel Shatzman Fluctuating provincial borders in mid-4th Century Arabia and Palestine / Joonas Sipilä Zosimos II.34.1 and 'The Constantinian Reform': using Johannes Lydos to expose an insidious fabrication / Peter Brennan Two sieges of Amida (AD 359 and 502-503) and the experience of combat in the late Roman Near East / Noel Lenski Naval operations during Persian expedition of Emperor Julian (363 AD) / Edward Dąbrowa ʹAmr Ibn ʹAdī, Mavia, the Phylarchs and the late Roman Army: peace and war in the Near East / Ariel S. Lewin L'armée romaine et la défense de la Syrie du Sud. Questions de méthode et nouveau document / Maurice Sartre Central power, local administration, and nomadic environment in Roman Arabia (1st - 3rd century) / Thomas Brüggemann Moines, militaires et défense de la frontière orientale au VIe s. / Geoffrey Greatrex Archaeological and ancient literary evidence for a battle near Dara Gap, Turkey, AD 530: topography, texts and trenches / Christopher Lillington-Martin The Byzantine military in the Petra papyri - a summary / Zbigniew T. Fiema The operational methods of the late Roman army in the Persian War of 572-591 / Frank R. Trombley Una guarnigione bizantina a Roma nell'etá di Gregorio Magno: i Theodosiaci / Pietrina Pellegrini Jews, Rats, and the Battle of Yarmūk / David Woods THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ARMY. Cavalry in late Roman warfare / Hugh Elton 28) Centuriones ordinarii et ducenarii dans l'armée romaine tardive (IIIe -VIe s. apr. J.-C.) / Sylvain Janniard Campidoctores Vicarii vel Tribuni: the senior regimental officers of the late Roman army and the rise of the Campidoctor / P. Rance From the late Roman to the early Byzantine army. Two aspects of change / Oliver Schmitt EGYPT. L'occupation militaire tardive dans les oasis d'Égypte. L'exemple de Douch / M. Reddé L'armée romaine d'Afrique de 375 à 439: Mythes et réalités / Yann Le Bohec. A large collection of 33 papers which cover a wide range of topics relating to the Late Roman military. Essays look at aspects of military reforms, of military strategy, from the broad picture to individual campaigns, at the administration and economic realties of the army, and at military architecture and particularly at the excavation of several military sites. Ultimately a picture is built up of change from Roman to Byzantine. Essays mostly in English with 5 in French and 2 in Italian.