TY - BOOK ID - 3459165 TI - Blood of the provinces AU - Haynes, Ian P AU - UPSO eCollections (University Press Scholarship Online). PY - 2013 SN - 9780199655342 0199655340 9780198795445 1306270677 0198795440 0191758302 0191627232 9780191758300 9780191627231 PB - Oxford DB - UniCat KW - Rome KW - Army. KW - History, Military. KW - Social conditions. KW - History KW - Armée KW - Histoire militaire KW - Conditions sociales KW - Histoire KW - Armée KW - Army KW - History, Military KW - Social conditions KW - Rome - Army KW - Rome - History, Military KW - Rome - Social conditions KW - Rome - History - Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3459165 AB - This is the first fully comprehensive study of the auxilia, a non-citizen force which constituted more than half of Rome's celebrated armies. Diverse in origins, character, and culture they played an essential role in building the empire, sustaining the unequal peace celebrated as the pax Romana, and enacting the emperor's writ. ER -