John Drinkwater
Biographic Data
| ID | 3970538 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Drinkwater |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Drinkwater |
| SIGNATURE | DRINKWATER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nottingham |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1921 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Patronage in Roman Gaul and the problem of the Bagaudae1
According to Julius Caesar, dependence and patronage were established features of northern Gallic society at the time of the Roman conquest (58-50 BC). He describes how ordinary people, in order to protect themselves against powerful men in general, followed certain individuals and helped promote their political careers: for no leader allows his supporters to be oppressed or cheated, and if he fails to protect them, he loses his authority over th…
The ‘Saxon Shore’ Reconsidered
I propose that the usual role of the Notitia Dignitatum 's ‘Saxon Shore’ forts was, on both sides of the Channel, to control chronic, ‘everyday’ piracy and to support imperial operations. An exception occurred under Carausius and Allectus when the British forts were augmented to face likely Roman invasion. There was never any integrated cross-Channel system against concerted barbarian seaborne attack, Saxon or otherwise. The ‘Saxon Shore’ was a l…
Rome is Burning
Barrett’s new book, aimed at both an academic and general readership, is an object lesson in how ancient historians work. Every major disaster raises basic questions about its date, extent, causes, and consequences. Modern historians offer answers from archival material—state and private (media) eyewitness statements, statistics, reports, etc. Ancient historians, lacking such resources, have to look elsewhere. Hence, they must be fully interdisci…
Nero
This book portrays Nero, not as the murderous tyrant of tradition, but as a young man ever-more reluctant to fulfil his responsibilities as emperor and ever-more anxious to demonstrate his genuine skills as a sportsman and artist. This reluctance caused him to allow others to rule, and rule surprisingly well, in his name. On its own terms, the Neronian empire was in fact remarkably successful. Nero's senior ministers were many and various, but no…
The Barbarians
The Barbarians: lost civilizations." European Review of History: Revue européenne d'histoire, 25(6), pp. 1093–1094
Civil Wars
Nero Caesar and the Half-Baked Principate
Un-becoming Roman
In a paper published in 2001 I referred to 'the peculiar rarity and lateness of the late antique Gallic warlord'. My aim here is to explain and extend my thinking in this respect.
Ad
The Alamanni and Rome 213-496
Introduction 1. Prelude 2. Arrival 3. Settlement 4. Society 5. Service 6. Conflict 285-355 7. Conflict 356-361 8. Conflict 365-394 9. The Fifth Century
Service
The Alamanni fought the Roman Empire, and also served in its armies. Alamanni achieved fame as officers, the most important known being Agilo, a lynch-pin of eastern politics in the late 360s. High-ranking Alamannic recruits were probably leading nobles or former kings, since the removal of established kings would have destabilised border politics. Alamannic officers may have retained some contact with home, but most became highly Romanised. The …
Society
The Alamanni were led by regional hereditary chieftains, whom the Romans called reges, ‘kings’ and their kingdoms pagi, ‘districts’. Under the kings were optimates, ‘nobles’. An unpopular king might be challenged by his nobles, and there was probably chronic elite-rivalry that led to internal feuding and external raiding of neighbours. In order to maintain peace on the frontier, Rome may have intervened to keep allied chieftains in power: part of…
Prelude
Examination of Roman contact with western Germani, from the Cimbri in the late-2nd century BC to the Marcomanni in the late-2nd century AD, reveals that like the Alamanni to come, these posed no threat to the Empire. Always inferior in number and in economic, social, and political development, they created no permanent Germanic ‘pressure’ on the frontier. Germani raided when they could and, if left alone, would probably have expanded just a few t…
Settlement
Permanent Elbe-Germanic settlement in Alamannia developed from the later 3rd century, scattered along the upper Rhine and upper Danube, and up the Main and Neckar. Its frequent proximity to the imperial frontier suggests that it grew up under Roman sufferance. Most settlements were small, simple, and rural, and did not continue the previous Roman socio-economic order, or Roman levels of agriculture, industry, or commerce. However, there was also …
The Principate – Lifebelt, or millstone around the neck of the empire
The Augustan Principate was the product of crisis -a response to the challenges that precipitated the fall of the Republic. The Principate worked because it met the political needs of its day. There is no doubt that it saved the Roman state and the Roman Empire: it was a lifebelt. But it was not perfect. In its turn it precipitated more challenges that had to be responded to -more crises -in particular that known as the 'third century Crisis'. In…
Barbatio's Bridge
Journal Article BARBATIO'S BRIDGE: THE ALAMANNIC CAMPAIGN OF 357 Get access JOHN DRINKWATER JOHN DRINKWATER Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Volume 50, Issue Supplement_91, March 2007, Pages 115–123, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-5370.2007.tb02382.x Published: 27 July 2011
Maximinus to Diocletian and the ‘crisis’
The fifty years following the death of Severus Alexander were among the most disruptive ever experienced by the Roman Empire. Historians conventionally refer to them as a period of 'crisis', which began in 235, reached its peak around 260, and then gradually yielded to the ministrations of a series of reforming emperors, ending with Diocletian. The outstanding characteristic of this crisis was war, both civil and foreign. C. Iulius Verus Maximinu…
Prologue and Epilogue. The Socio-Economic Effect of Rome's Arrival in and Departure From Gaul
Our subject is 'the transformation of economic life under the Roman Empire', as part of a general consideration of 'the impact of Empire'.This paper derives from my disquiet over the use of the words 'impact' and 'transformation' in describing the socio-economic relationship between Rome and her provinces, and over too narrow a chronological delimitation of the discussion of this relationship.I deal with the first under 'Prologue' and the second,…
Re-Dating Ausonius' War Poetry
Re-dating Ausonius’ War Poetry J. F. Drinkwater The extant works of ausonius contain a small but intriguing number of references to military activity on the Rhine in which he himself appears to have been closely involved. In perhaps the best known of these (Mosella 420–24), he declares that the Moselle has seen the “united triumphs of father and son”—that is, of the ruling western Augusti, Valentinian I and Gratian—which they have won by defeatin…
Greeks, Romans, and Barbarians
Roman Gaul
Roman Gaul
List of Figures and Maps Abbreviations of Modern Works Used in the Notes Preface Introduction 1. Conquest and Pacification 2. Romanisation and Rebellion 3. The Creation of the Germanies 4. An Age without History 5. The Administrative Structure 6. The Impact of the Army 7. Urbanisation 8. The Countryside 9. The Three Gauls under the High Empire 10. The Three Gauls and the Third-century Crisis Key to Maps Maps Bibliography Index
Les fouilles de la Maison au Dauphin. Recherches sur la romanisation de Vaison-la-Romaine
A Note on Local Careers in the Three Gauls under the Early Empire
HE standard pattern of Gallic local magistracies, so familar to all students of the Roman west, is apparently very straightforward. The progression of the tribal decurion from quaestorship (dealing with finance) to aedileship (dealing with administration) to duumvirate (the chief magisterial office, dealing especially with justice) is repeated by modern authorities time and again more or less as an absolute fact of civitas-life.' In such circumst…
The forum
A Note on Local Careers in the Three Gauls under the Early Empire
HE standard pattern of Gallic local magistracies, so familar to all students of the Roman west, is apparently very straightforward. The progression of the tribal decurion from quaestorship (dealing with finance) to aedileship (dealing with administration) to duumvirate (the chief magisterial office, dealing especially with justice) is repeated by modern authorities time and again more or less as an absolute fact of civitas-life.' In such circumst…
Re-Dating Ausonius' War Poetry
Re-dating Ausonius’ War Poetry J. F. Drinkwater The extant works of ausonius contain a small but intriguing number of references to military activity on the Rhine in which he himself appears to have been closely involved. In perhaps the best known of these (Mosella 420–24), he declares that the Moselle has seen the “united triumphs of father and son”—that is, of the ruling western Augusti, Valentinian I and Gratian—which they have won by defeatin…
Rome is Burning
Barrett’s new book, aimed at both an academic and general readership, is an object lesson in how ancient historians work. Every major disaster raises basic questions about its date, extent, causes, and consequences. Modern historians offer answers from archival material—state and private (media) eyewitness statements, statistics, reports, etc. Ancient historians, lacking such resources, have to look elsewhere. Hence, they must be fully interdisci…
Lincoln, the World Emancipator
Book digitized by Google from the library of New York Public Library and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb
The Heroic in Art
Journal Article THE HEROIC IN ART Get access JOHN DRINKWATER JOHN DRINKWATER Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Music and Letters, Volume II, Issue 2, April 1921, Pages 168–171, https://doi.org/10.1093/ml/II.2.168 Published: 01 April 1921
The forum
A Note on Local Careers in the Three Gauls under the Early Empire
HE standard pattern of Gallic local magistracies, so familar to all students of the Roman west, is apparently very straightforward. The progression of the tribal decurion from quaestorship (dealing with finance) to aedileship (dealing with administration) to duumvirate (the chief magisterial office, dealing especially with justice) is repeated by modern authorities time and again more or less as an absolute fact of civitas-life.' In such circumst…
Les fouilles de la Maison au Dauphin. Recherches sur la romanisation de Vaison-la-Romaine
Roman Gaul
List of Figures and Maps Abbreviations of Modern Works Used in the Notes Preface Introduction 1. Conquest and Pacification 2. Romanisation and Rebellion 3. The Creation of the Germanies 4. An Age without History 5. The Administrative Structure 6. The Impact of the Army 7. Urbanisation 8. The Countryside 9. The Three Gauls under the High Empire 10. The Three Gauls and the Third-century Crisis Key to Maps Maps Bibliography Index
Roman Gaul
Greeks, Romans, and Barbarians
Re-Dating Ausonius' War Poetry
Re-dating Ausonius’ War Poetry J. F. Drinkwater The extant works of ausonius contain a small but intriguing number of references to military activity on the Rhine in which he himself appears to have been closely involved. In perhaps the best known of these (Mosella 420–24), he declares that the Moselle has seen the “united triumphs of father and son”—that is, of the ruling western Augusti, Valentinian I and Gratian—which they have won by defeatin…
Prologue and Epilogue. The Socio-Economic Effect of Rome's Arrival in and Departure From Gaul
Our subject is 'the transformation of economic life under the Roman Empire', as part of a general consideration of 'the impact of Empire'.This paper derives from my disquiet over the use of the words 'impact' and 'transformation' in describing the socio-economic relationship between Rome and her provinces, and over too narrow a chronological delimitation of the discussion of this relationship.I deal with the first under 'Prologue' and the second,…
Maximinus to Diocletian and the ‘crisis’
The fifty years following the death of Severus Alexander were among the most disruptive ever experienced by the Roman Empire. Historians conventionally refer to them as a period of 'crisis', which began in 235, reached its peak around 260, and then gradually yielded to the ministrations of a series of reforming emperors, ending with Diocletian. The outstanding characteristic of this crisis was war, both civil and foreign. C. Iulius Verus Maximinu…
The Alamanni and Rome 213-496
Introduction 1. Prelude 2. Arrival 3. Settlement 4. Society 5. Service 6. Conflict 285-355 7. Conflict 356-361 8. Conflict 365-394 9. The Fifth Century
Service
The Alamanni fought the Roman Empire, and also served in its armies. Alamanni achieved fame as officers, the most important known being Agilo, a lynch-pin of eastern politics in the late 360s. High-ranking Alamannic recruits were probably leading nobles or former kings, since the removal of established kings would have destabilised border politics. Alamannic officers may have retained some contact with home, but most became highly Romanised. The …
Society
The Alamanni were led by regional hereditary chieftains, whom the Romans called reges, ‘kings’ and their kingdoms pagi, ‘districts’. Under the kings were optimates, ‘nobles’. An unpopular king might be challenged by his nobles, and there was probably chronic elite-rivalry that led to internal feuding and external raiding of neighbours. In order to maintain peace on the frontier, Rome may have intervened to keep allied chieftains in power: part of…
Prelude
Examination of Roman contact with western Germani, from the Cimbri in the late-2nd century BC to the Marcomanni in the late-2nd century AD, reveals that like the Alamanni to come, these posed no threat to the Empire. Always inferior in number and in economic, social, and political development, they created no permanent Germanic ‘pressure’ on the frontier. Germani raided when they could and, if left alone, would probably have expanded just a few t…
Settlement
Permanent Elbe-Germanic settlement in Alamannia developed from the later 3rd century, scattered along the upper Rhine and upper Danube, and up the Main and Neckar. Its frequent proximity to the imperial frontier suggests that it grew up under Roman sufferance. Most settlements were small, simple, and rural, and did not continue the previous Roman socio-economic order, or Roman levels of agriculture, industry, or commerce. However, there was also …
The Principate – Lifebelt, or millstone around the neck of the empire
The Augustan Principate was the product of crisis -a response to the challenges that precipitated the fall of the Republic. The Principate worked because it met the political needs of its day. There is no doubt that it saved the Roman state and the Roman Empire: it was a lifebelt. But it was not perfect. In its turn it precipitated more challenges that had to be responded to -more crises -in particular that known as the 'third century Crisis'. In…
Barbatio's Bridge
Journal Article BARBATIO'S BRIDGE: THE ALAMANNIC CAMPAIGN OF 357 Get access JOHN DRINKWATER JOHN DRINKWATER Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Volume 50, Issue Supplement_91, March 2007, Pages 115–123, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-5370.2007.tb02382.x Published: 27 July 2011
Ad
Nero Caesar and the Half-Baked Principate
Un-becoming Roman
In a paper published in 2001 I referred to 'the peculiar rarity and lateness of the late antique Gallic warlord'. My aim here is to explain and extend my thinking in this respect.
Civil Wars
Nero
This book portrays Nero, not as the murderous tyrant of tradition, but as a young man ever-more reluctant to fulfil his responsibilities as emperor and ever-more anxious to demonstrate his genuine skills as a sportsman and artist. This reluctance caused him to allow others to rule, and rule surprisingly well, in his name. On its own terms, the Neronian empire was in fact remarkably successful. Nero's senior ministers were many and various, but no…
The Barbarians
The Barbarians: lost civilizations." European Review of History: Revue européenne d'histoire, 25(6), pp. 1093–1094
Rome is Burning
Barrett’s new book, aimed at both an academic and general readership, is an object lesson in how ancient historians work. Every major disaster raises basic questions about its date, extent, causes, and consequences. Modern historians offer answers from archival material—state and private (media) eyewitness statements, statistics, reports, etc. Ancient historians, lacking such resources, have to look elsewhere. Hence, they must be fully interdisci…
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