The Roman Army on the coast of the Danube river

Pre-requisites: no special requirements

Course objectives: To gain relevant knowledge of roman army interactions on the danube coast.

Course description: On the basis of epigraphic and numismatic sources, students will be introduced to the history of the roman army units along the danube coast. During the course, students will study various questions related to the position and movements of legions and helping units in coastal danube provinces (Recija, Norik, Panonia, Moesia, Dakia). The course also addresses floats and numbering/ordering in the provinces.

Learning Outcomes: Knowledge of the the history of the danube river coast.

Literature/Reading:

• G. Alföldy, Noricum, London–Boston 1974.
• A. Mócsy, Pannonia and Upper Moesia, London 1974.
• E. Ritterling, Legio, RE XII, 1924, 1186–1829.
• W. Wagner, Die Dislokation der römischen Auxiliarformationen in den Provinzen Noricum, Pannonien, Moesien und Dakien, von Augustus bis Gallienus, Berlin 1938.
• J. Beneš, Auxilia Romana in Moesia atque in Dacia. Zu den Fragen des römischen Verteidgungssystems im Unteren Donauraum und in den angrenzenden Gebieten, Praha 1978.
• Les légions de Rome sous le Haut-empire, Actes du Congrès de Lyon (17-19 septembre 1998), ed. Y. Le Bohec, Lyon 2000.
• B. Lőrincz, Die römischen Hilfstruppen in Pannonien während der Prinzipatszeit. Teil I: Die Inschriften, Wien 2001.
• M. Mirković, Rimski gradovi na Dunavu u Gornjoj Meziji, Beograd 1968.