The Roman Army and the Danubian Limes

Pre-requisites: no special requirements

Course objectives: Gaining relevant knowledge and facts on the Roman army on the Danubian section of the limes.

Course description: On the basis of epigraphic and numismatic sources, students will be introduced to the history of the Roman army units along the Danubian section of the limes. They will study various problems related to the deployment and movements of the legions and auxiliary regiments in the Danubian provinces (Raetia, Noricum, Pannonia, Moesia, Dacia), as well as the history of the provincial fleets and numeri.

Learning Outcomes: Students will acquire basic knowledge and facts on the history and development of the Danubian limes.

Literature/Reading:

• G. Alföldy, Noricum, London–Boston 1974.
• A. Mócsy, Pannonia and Upper Moesia, London 1974.
• E. Ritterling, Legio, RE XII, 1924, 1186–1829.
• W. Wagner, Die Dislokation der römischen Auxiliarformationen in den Provinzen Noricum, Pannonien, Moesien und Dakien, von Augustus bis Gallienus, Berlin 1938.
• J. Beneš, Auxilia Romana in Moesia atque in Dacia. Zu den Fragen des römischen Verteidgungssystems im Unteren Donauraum und in den angrenzenden Gebieten, Praha 1978.
• Les légions de Rome sous le Haut-empire, Actes du Congrès de Lyon (17-19 septembre 1998), ed. Y. Le Bohec, Lyon 2000.
• B. Lőrincz, Die römischen Hilfstruppen in Pannonien während der Prinzipatszeit. Teil I: Die Inschriften, Wien 2001.
• M. Mirković, Rimski gradovi na Dunavu u Gornjoj Meziji, Beograd 1968.