Military Service and the Integration of Jews into the Roman Empire
In: The Brill Reference Library of Judaism Ser.
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Figures -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Jewish Military Service in Hellenistic Armies -- 1. Precedents -- 2. Under the Ptolemies -- 3. Under the Seleucids -- 4. Apologetics and Historical Reality -- Chapter 2. Jewish Exemptions from Military Service in the Late Republic and the Augustan Principate -- 1. Jews and the Recruitment of Auxilia -- 2. Military Exemption as a Jewish Privilege -- 3. A Legal Precedent? -- Chapter 3. Jewish Soldiers in the Roman Army during the High Empire -- 1. Exceptional Recruitment -- 2. Jewish Troops in Roman Service -- 2.1. Herod's Legacy -- 2.2. The Troopers of Zamaris -- 2.3. Collaborationism -- 2.4. A Hidden Jewish Identity -- 3. Material Evidence -- 3.1. The Levant -- 3.2. Egypt -- 3.3. The Western Diaspora -- 4. Dura-Europos -- 5. The Presence of Jews in the Imperial Army: Conditions and Historical Evolution -- Chapter 4. During the Later Roman Empire -- 1. Material Evidence -- 1.1. The Levant -- 1.2. Egypt -- 1.3. The Western Diaspora -- 2. Under the Christian Empire -- 2.1. The Tower of the Jews -- 2.2. The Attack on the Church of Theonas -- 2.3. An Apparently Attractive Career -- 2.4. The Church Hierarchy and the Exclusion of Jews from the Roman Army -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Violence and the Use of Arms on Sabbath -- Appendix 2. The Inscription of Rufinus the Soldier, from the Via Appia Pignatelli Catacomb (Rome) -- Appendix 3. A Critical Rereading of the Inscription of Flavia Optata Found in Concordia -- Prosopographic Map -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Analytical Index.