The Roman Army, 31 BC–AD 337: A Sourcebook

Arrian (Flavius Arrianus), arranges
marching order 92–3;
inspects auxiliary forts 85, 88;
prepares to fight Alani 97–100
Arrius Clemens, C. (centurion),
career of 51–2
Artillery 100–2, plate 9
Attius Priscus, Q., career of 58–9
Augusta Praetoria Salassorum
(Aosta), colony of 214, 223
Augustus (emperor), awards military
decorations 107; bequests of to
soldiers 26; and bridge building
in Macedonia 124; and
castrense peculium 163–4;
colonial foundations of 211–15;
as commander 72; edict of on
veterans’ privileges 208–9;
enforces discipline 107;
establishes praetorian guard 38–
9, 183; as fellow-soldier 69;
funeral of 69; grants land and
monetary rewards to soldiers 21–
2, 194; military honours of 74–
5; and military treasury 21;
organizes army’s service
conditions 20–1; and recruits 13;
regulates land division for
military colonies 211; 214–15;
220–1; regulations of on the use
of soldiers 121
Aurelius Flavinus, T. (centurion),
career of 52
Auxiliaries (auxilia), centurions and
decurions of 47, 55–6;
composition and organization
of 33–8; service conditions of
20, 23–5; see also ala, cohort,
equites singulares; pedites
singulares
Avidius Cassius, C., possible letter of
186–7
Baebius Juncinus, L., career of 59
Batavians, as imperial bodyguards
43; in Pannonia 35
Beneficiarius 28
Bostra, legionary base at 31; veteran
settlement around 227
Index of names and subjects 265
Bridging of rivers, by Roman army
102
Burbuleius Optatus Ligarianus, L.,
career of 62–3
Caesar (Julius), doubles military pay
7; military settlements of 210–
13; and military wills 160
Caligula (emperor), speech of to
praetorians 71
Camp, construction of 102–3;
model of plate 7;
see also Inchtuthil, Rapidum,
Valkenburg
Canabae (civilian settlements close to
military camps) 141–3, 145–8
Cantabrian (cavalry manoeuvre)
17, 19
Caracalla (emperor), as fellowsoldier
70–1; generosity of to
army 23; military honours of
74, 77–8; names legions after
himself 133, 134, 185; rescripts
of 27, 104, 162, 168–70, 204–
5; rewards a soldier 52
Carnuntum (Petronell), settlement at
142, 144
Cassius Dio, analyses relationship
between emperor and army
188–91; in error over the
military treasury 21; on
legionary dispositions 83–4;
threatened by the praetorians 191
Castrense Peculium see soldiers,
property of acquired in military
service
Castris 148, 150–1
Cavalry see ala, auxiliaries, equites
legionis, equites praetoriani,
equites singulares, equites
singulares Augusti
Centuriae (in land division) 126
Centurions, career and role of 46–
56; involved in lending money
in Judaea 173; as judges 166,
171–3; at Mons Claudianus in
Egypt 174; of a region 173–4;
plate 2; see also primi ordines,
primus pilus