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Poetic baggage : representations of camp followers in the Latin verse inscriptions
camp followers
verse inscriptions
Roman army
military milieu
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.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.createdat | 2025-01-17T09:58:00Z | en |
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 | |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | en |