Poetic baggage : representations of camp followers in the Latin verse inscriptions

2024
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dc.abstract.enEach unit of the Roman army constituted a major logistic operation that cannot be reduced to the fighting men who formed their core and purpose. While camp followers are depicted in literary sources especially as an hindrance to war operations, inscriptions provide a different picture of the world that gravitated around the military forts and fortresses. In the military settlements that guarded the limes, the presence of paramilitary and non-military personnel did not represent a burden, but an important part of the military economy, which in some cases even led to the emergence of a new business class. In this paper, we provide an anthology of verse inscriptions dedicated by, or to, camp followers, with a view to showcase how their everyday interactions with the army were conceptualised and verbalised, ultimately contributing to a richer picture of the limes social ecosystem.
dc.contributor.authorCenati, Chiara
dc.contributor.authorKruschwitz, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-17T09:58:00Z
dc.date.available2025-01-17T09:58:00Z
dc.date.createdat2025-01-17T09:58:00Zen
dc.date.issued2024
dc.date.openaccess0
dc.description.accesstimew momencie opublikowania
dc.description.physical153-183
dc.description.versionostateczna wersja wydawcy
dc.description.volume31
dc.identifier.doi10.4467/20800909EL.24.012.19162
dc.identifier.issn1897-3426
dc.identifier.urihttps://ruj.uj.edu.pl/handle/item/545776
dc.languageeng
dc.language.containereng
dc.rightsUdzielam licencji. Uznanie autorstwa 4.0 Międzynarodowa
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dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.pl
dc.share.typeotwarte czasopismo
dc.subject.encamp followers
dc.subject.enverse inscriptions
dc.subject.enRoman army
dc.subject.enmilitary milieu
dc.subtypeArticle
dc.titlePoetic baggage : representations of camp followers in the Latin verse inscriptions
dc.title.journalElectrum
dc.title.volumeMateriality of the Roman soldier : from stone monuments to domestic artefacts
dc.typeJournalArticle
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dc.abstract.en
Each unit of the Roman army constituted a major logistic operation that cannot be reduced to the fighting men who formed their core and purpose. While camp followers are depicted in literary sources especially as an hindrance to war operations, inscriptions provide a different picture of the world that gravitated around the military forts and fortresses. In the military settlements that guarded the limes, the presence of paramilitary and non-military personnel did not represent a burden, but an important part of the military economy, which in some cases even led to the emergence of a new business class. In this paper, we provide an anthology of verse inscriptions dedicated by, or to, camp followers, with a view to showcase how their everyday interactions with the army were conceptualised and verbalised, ultimately contributing to a richer picture of the limes social ecosystem.
dc.contributor.author
Cenati, Chiara
dc.contributor.author
Kruschwitz, Peter
dc.date.accessioned
2025-01-17T09:58:00Z
dc.date.available
2025-01-17T09:58:00Z
dc.date.createdaten
2025-01-17T09:58:00Z
dc.date.issued
2024
dc.date.openaccess
0
dc.description.accesstime
w momencie opublikowania
dc.description.physical
153-183
dc.description.version
ostateczna wersja wydawcy
dc.description.volume
31
dc.identifier.doi
10.4467/20800909EL.24.012.19162
dc.identifier.issn
1897-3426
dc.identifier.uri
https://ruj.uj.edu.pl/handle/item/545776
dc.language
eng
dc.language.container
eng
dc.rights
Udzielam licencji. Uznanie autorstwa 4.0 Międzynarodowa
dc.rights.licence
CC-BY
dc.rights.uri
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.pl
dc.share.type
otwarte czasopismo
dc.subject.en
camp followers
dc.subject.en
verse inscriptions
dc.subject.en
Roman army
dc.subject.en
military milieu
dc.subtype
Article
dc.title
Poetic baggage : representations of camp followers in the Latin verse inscriptions
dc.title.journal
Electrum
dc.title.volume
Materiality of the Roman soldier : from stone monuments to domestic artefacts
dc.type
JournalArticle
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