THE MOBILITY VECTORS OF SOLDIERS RECRUITED FROM THE RURAL MILIEU IN MOESIA INFERIOR. I. THE INSCRIPTIONS FROM CLAUDIUS TO TITUS
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https://doi.org/10.14795/j.v11i3.1084Keywords:
Moesia Inferior, Roman army, mobility vectors, estimated distances, ORBIS applicationAbstract
This paper represents a first part of a bigger project, which highlights the mobility vectors of the soldiers coming from the rural milieu of Moesia Inferior. The project has as main goal the mapping of the routes followed by these soldiers and calculating the distances covered, in order to better understand the mobility as a phenomenon in whole. I will discuss in this article the epigraphic sources (exclusively military diplomas) dating from Claudius to Titus which mention soldiers from alae and cohortes originating certainly or probably from the rural milieu of Moesia Inferior: The main objective I will follow is to map the routes of the soldiers (from home and eventually back) and to calculate the distances covered by them, using ORBIS application. In the final, I will draw some conclusions regarding soldiers’ mobility in connection with the military policy of the Roman state.
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