Feeding the Roman Army: The Archaeology of Production and Supply in NW Europe

by Richard Thomas and Sue Stallibrass

These ten papers from two Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference (2007) sessions bring together a growing body of new archaeological evidence in an attempt to reconsider the way in which the Roman army was provisioned. Clearly, the adequate supply of food was essential to the success of the Roman military. But what was the nature of those supply networks? Did the army rely on imperial supply lines from the continent, as certainly appears to be the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1842173235
• ISBN13: 9781842173237
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
• Length: 169 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 9.5"