The Role of the Military in the Romanization Danubian Provinces

Pre-requisites: No special requirements

Course objectives: Course objectives: For students to obtain relevant knowledge about the importance of the roman army in the process of romanization of its provinces on the Danube river coast.

Course description: Students will be introduced to the role and meaning of the roman army in the process of romanizing local populations in danubian provinces (Noricum, Pannonia, Dalmatia, Moesia, Dacia) by looking at relevant epigraphical sources. A special focus will be put on the question of marriages with soldiers, ancestry and legal status of women, and the legal status of children.

Learning Outcomes: Students will have gained knowledge on the subject of the role of the roman army in the romanization of danubian provinces.

Literature/Reading:

• A. Mócsy, Gesellschaft und Romanisation in der römischen Provinz Moesia Superior, Budapest 1970.
• G. Alföldy, Bevölkerung und Gesellschaft der römischen Provinz Dalmatia,Budapest 1965.
• J. J. Wilkes, Dalmatia, London 1969.
• G. Alföldy, Die Auxiliartruppen der römischen Provinz Dalmatien, Acta Archaeologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 14, 1962, 259-296.
• M. Mirković, Rimski gradovi na Dunavu u Gornjoj Meziji, Beograd 1968.
• A. Mócsy, Pannonia and Upper Moesia, London 1974.
• A. Mócsy, Die Bevölkerung von Pannonien bis zu den Markomannenkriegen, Budapest 1959.
• ed. W. Eck, H. Wolff, Heer und Integrationspolitik. Die römischen Militärdiplome als historische Quelle, Wien 1986.