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Roman Culture and Society

Explore the military might of ancient Rome through artifacts, monuments, and battles, from the armies of Augustus to Trajan's conquests. Learn about tactics, formations, and key figures of the Roman military.

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Roman Culture and Society

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  1. Roman Culture and Society Lecture 8 Army

  2. Augustus: Prima Porta statue

  3. Auxiliary Diploma

  4. Vindolanda tablets

  5. Ostraca (at the British Museum) from the Eastern Empire

  6. Idle hands are the devil’s workshop (part1): Rooftiles & Milestones in Britain

  7. Soldier’s tombstone from Brixia

  8. Trajan’s Column

  9. Arch of Titus

  10. Coin of Caligula

  11. Can anyone guess what this is?

  12. Coin of Augustus

  13. Coin of Domitian – Conquest of Germany

  14. Hadrian salutes the troops (minted in Roman Britain) at the BM

  15. Ground plan of camp at Novaesium

  16. Augusta Praetoria (Aosta)

  17. Plan of Dura Europos(Syria)

  18. Aerial Photo of Dura Europos

  19. Idle hands are the devils workshop:Part 2:Ramps & Walls Above: Hadrian’s wall (Britain) (2nd c. AD) Below: Ramp to scale the Judean Hillfort Masada (1st. C. AD)

  20. Inchtuthil

  21. Mithras

  22. British Museum Mithras (from Rome)

  23. Mithras in Dura

  24. The Roman Army in Bath

  25. Tomb of a Roman Soldier in Lincoln(now at the British Museum) To Gaius Saufeius son of Gaius, of the Fabian voting tribe, from Heraclea, soldier of the 9th legion, aged 40, 22 years of service He lies here

  26. Legionary with pilum

  27. Roman Army in Testudo (tortoise) Formation

  28. Battle at Caer Caradoc AD 51Account in Tacitus Annales 12. 33-38 Briton CheiftainCaratacus Vs Roman P. Ostorius Scapula. Step 3: Scale fort Break Briton line Between legions & auxilaries Step 2: Testudo form; remove stone ramparts Step 1 Forge river

  29. Leamington Spa

  30. Battle of Cannae

  31. Polybius "The outer ranks were continually struck down and survivors forced to huddle together, they were finally killed where they stood' Livy: “No other nation in the world could have suffered so tremendous a series of disasters and not have been overwhelmed”.”

  32. Triumph on Tapestry (Hermitage)

  33. Flavian Amphitheatre

  34. Orange, arch

  35. Victory in Rome: Trajan’s Forum

  36. Trajan’s Column

  37. Tropaeum Traiani/ Adamclissi

  38. Domitian or Trajan? • [I]mp. [Caes. divi Nervae f. Nerva Traianus Aug. G]e[rm. Dacic. pont. max. tri]b pot.[XIII cos. v. p.p. in honorem et] memoriam fortis[simorum virorum qui Bello Dacic]o pro re p. morte occubu[erunt monumentum fecit] – CIL III 14214, updated by Dorutiu (1961) • [I]mp. [Caes. divi Vespasiani f. Domitianus Aug. G]e[rmanicus pont. max. tri]b. pot.[vii imp. xiv cos xiii…]

  39. The Death of Decabalus: Same Scene Different monument

  40. Trajan’s Trophy, 1896 + 1977

  41. Scenes from Adamklissi

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