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The changing face of the Roman legions (49 BC–AD 69)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 August 2013

Lawrence Keppie
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Il mutevole aspetto delle legioni romane (49 a.c. - 69 d.c.)

I 125 anni tra le guerre civili della tarda Repubblica e la fine del periodo Giulio-Claudio testimoniarono un cambiamento drammatico nel personale delle legioni romane: i posti occupati dagli Italiani vennero gradualmente occupati da uomini provenienti dalle province dell'Impero, che quindi provenivano dalle più diverse culture. La prospettiva di lunghi anni di servizio su distanti frontiere aveva alienato le tradizionali fonti di forza lavoro. Questo articolo suggerisce che il cambiamento era in atto prima di quanto fosse generalmente supposto. Pochi Italiani ritornavano a casa dopo il servizio. In genere i legionari non avevano alcun legame emotivo con la città di Roma, al punto che ben pochi avevano mai la possibilità di visitarla.

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Papers of the British School at Rome , Volume 65 , November 1997 , pp. 89 - 102
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This paper substantially represents, in written form, the content of a lecture at the British School in May 1996, during the tenure of a Hugh Last Fellowship. I should like to thank Prof. D.B. Saddington for his helpful comments on an earlier draft.

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