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Replete now with its own scholarly traditions and controversies, Roman slavery as a field of study is no longer limited to the economic sphere, but is recognized as a fundamental social institution with multiple implications for Roman society and culture. The essays in this collection explore how material culture - namely, art, architecture, and inscriptions - can illustrate Roman attitudes towards the institution of slavery and towards slaves themselves in ways that significantly augment conventional textual accounts.Providing the first interdisciplinary approach to the study of Roman slavery, the volume brings together diverse specialists in history, art history, and archaeology. The contributors engage with questions concerning the slave trade, manumission, slave education, containment and movement, and the use of slaves in the Roman army.

Cover -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Series Preface -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- EXCURSUS I Paul's Use of Diatribal Style in Romans -- Romans 1 -- EXCURSUS II The Wrath of God against All Idolatry-A Trajectory from Zephaniah to Romans -- Romans 2 -- Romans 3 -- Romans 4 -- Romans 5 -- Romans 6 -- EXCURSUS III Slavery to God -- Romans 7 -- Romans 8 -- Romans 9 -- Romans 10 -- Romans 11 -- EXCURSUS IV Supersessionism at Rome -- Romans 12 -- Romans 13 -- Romans 14:1-15:6 -- Romans 15:7-13 -- Romans 15:14-33 -- Romans 16 -- References -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Biblical Texts -- Index of Modern Authors.

The invasion of Britain -- The conquest of lowland Britain -- The conquest of upland Britain -- Retreat and consolidation -- Hadrian and Hadrian's Wall -- The Antonine Wall -- Marcus Aurelius and Commodus -- Septimius Severus -- Soldier and civilian -- Government and administrators -- Economy and society -- Gods and men -- The third century -- The fourth century

What is a disaster? -- Rome's disasters -- The disaster experience -- Dealing with the aftermath -- Thinking about disaster -- A culture of risk -- Narratives of disaster -- Inflicting catastrophe -- The psychological impact -- Roman disasters in context

This volume addresses the fundamental importance of the army, warfare, and military service to the development of both the Roman Republic and wider Italic society in the second half of the first millennium BC.

It brings together emerging and established scholars in the area of Roman military studies to engage with subjects such as the relationship between warfare and economic and demographic regimes; the interplay of war, aristocratic politics, and state formation; and the complex role the military played in the integration of Italy. The book demonstrates the centrality of war to Rome's internal and external relationships during the Republic, as well as to the Romans' sense of identity and history. It also illustrates the changing scholarly view of warfare as a social and cultural construct in antiquity, and how much work remains to be done in what is often thought of as a ""traditional"" area of research.

Romans at War will be of interest to students and scholars of the Roman army and ancient warfare, and of Roman society more broadly.