Roman Conquests in the Balkans

Pre-requisites: None

Course objectives: To introduce students to the historical development and significance of the Roman army; the way of establishing provincial governments, the principles of defining boundaries and strategic places.

Course description: The organization of the Roman army, recruitment, armament and equipment, warfare and conquests in the central Balkans region, Roman fleet, establishment of new provinces and defining boundaries, the reconstruction of old and the building of new roads.

Learning Outcomes: Essay and written examination.

Literature/Reading:

• H.M.D.Parker, Roman Legions, London 1928.
• R.Davies, Service in the Roman Army, Edingburgh 1989, 187-209, 209-236; S.Krunić, Rimski medicinski i farmaceutski instrumenti iz Singidunuma i okoline, Beograd 1992; V.Dautova-Ruševljan - M
• H.R.Robinson, The Armour of Imperial Rome, London 1975; M.Bishop - J.C.N.Coulston, Roman military equipment from Punic wars to the fall of Rome, London 1993; V.Dautova-Ruševljan - M.Vujović,
• M.Mirković,Rimski gradovi na Dunavu,Beograd 1968; Č.Jordović,Ostaci puta u Djerdapskoj klisuru, Starinar 33-34, 1984, 365-370; V.Dautova-Ruševljan-M.Vujović,Rimska vojska u Sr
• G. Webster, Roman Imperial Army, London 1969, 153-165.
• M.Mirković,Rimski gradovi na Dunavu,Beograd 1968.
• G. Webster, Roman Imperial Army, London 1969
• Yan le Bohec, Imperial Roman Army, London, 2000; G. Webster, Roman Imperial Army, London 1969; R.Davies, Service in the Roman Army, Edinburgh 1989; H.M.D.Parker, Roman Legions, London 1928.
• V.Dautova-Ruševljan, M.Vujović, Rimska vojska u Sremu, Novi Sad 2006.