Reconsidering socii in Roman Armies before the Punic Wars
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20042252 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patrick Alan Kent (corresponding author), Patrick Kent |
| Year | 2012 |
| Pages | 71-83 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Processes of Integration and Identity Formation in the Roman Republic (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/9789004229600_006 |
| OpenAlex | W2471822794 |
| ISBN | 9789004229600 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
The exploitation of allied manpower was one of the keys to Roman military success from the wars in Italy long before the Punic War to the conquest of the Mediterranean Basin. The assumptions that dictated the modern understanding of the role of allied soldiers in Roman armies warrant reconsideration and deeper investigation. This chapter explores some of the difficulties associated with military cooperation in early Italy, the place of the Italian allies in that system, and how it relates to later periods when Roman domination was far greater. Prior to the Punic Wars, all of the people of Italy, not merely the Romans, were combining the military forces with allies in order to supplement them. An Italian-wide military tradition existed, in which the Romans fully participated whose tradition was upheld by overlapping personal relationships of local leaders. Keywords:allied manpower; Italian military tradition; Italy; Punic wars; Roman armies; socii
Ancient history · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Studies and Legal History · Classics · Historical and Architectural Studies · History
| Citations per year | 0.44 |
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| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |