Feeding the Roman army
Subtitle: the archaeology of production and supply in NW Europe
By: edited by Sue Stallibrass and Richard Thomas.
Contributors: Stallibrass, Sue.; Thomas, Richard, Dr.
Publisher: Oxbow Books; Distributed in the U.S. by] David Brown Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; Oakville, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
ISBN-13: 9781842173237
Subjects: Food supply -- Europe, Northern -- History.; Operational rations (Military supplies) -- Europe, Northern -- History -- Congresses.; Europe, Northern -- Commerce -- History -- Congresses.; Europe, Northern -- Antiquities -- Congresses.; Rome -- Army -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: "These ten papers bring together a growing body of new archaeological evidence in an attempt to reconsider the ways in which the Roman army was provisioned with basic foodstuffs. Did the army rely on long distance supply lines, or were basic provisions aquired regionally or from local communities? To what extent was the production and supply of food to the Roman army situational and affected by the very nature of those foods? This volume explores these types of issues, using case studies from Roman Britain, northern France, the Netherlands and the Rhine Delta."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: "The papers in this volume arose from two complementary sessions that were organised as part of the Theoretical Roman Archaeology (TRAC) conference held at University College London in March 2007: Feeding the Roman army: the archaeology of supply chains and provisioning networks and Food for thought: economics, natural resources and the Roman military organisation" -- pref.

Includes bibliographical references.