CONOR WHATELY, PHD, is associate professor of Classics at the University of Winnipeg. He has published several book chapters on topics ranging from the audience of late antique military manuals and the Roman war cry to logistics at el-Lejjun (Jordan) and Procopius' account of the siege of Rome in 537/538, journal articles on Procopius' use of numbers and camels at Nessana, and two books, one, Battles and Generals on Procopius' descriptions of combat, the other, Exercitus Moesiae on the Roman military organization of Moesia (on the lower Danube).

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• List of Figures viiAcknowledgments ixIntroduction xiPart I Background 11 Sources and Approaches 32 Historical Overview 253 Soldierly Origins and Background 51Part II Becoming a Soldier 654 Recruitment and Training 675 Unit Organization and Structure 816 Appearance, Equipment, and Identity 97Part III Preparing for War 1117 Strategy, Frontiers, and War 1138 Food: Campaigns and Supply 1279 Rome’s Foes 141Part IV Fighting at the Front 15710 Combat: Battle 15911 Combat: Sieges 17512 Life After War: Celebrating Victory, Mourning Defeat, and Readjusting to Civilian Life 189Part V Beyond War 20313 Friends and Family 20514 The Military and the State 21915 Retirement: Veterans and Their Legacy 235Conclusion 249Glossary 253Timeline 259Further Reading and Bibliography 269Index 285

CONOR WHATELY, PHD, is associate professor of Classics at the University of Winnipeg. He has published several book chapters on topics ranging from the audience of late antique military manuals and the Roman war cry to logistics at el-Lejjun (Jordan) and Procopius' account of the siege of Rome in 537/538, journal articles on Procopius' use of numbers and camels at Nessana, and two books, one, Battles and Generals on Procopius' descriptions of combat, the other, Exercitus Moesiae on the Roman military organization of Moesia (on the lower Danube).

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• List of Figures viiAcknowledgments ixIntroduction xiPart I Background 11 Sources and Approaches 32 Historical Overview 253 Soldierly Origins and Background 51Part II Becoming a Soldier 654 Recruitment and Training 675 Unit Organization and Structure 816 Appearance, Equipment, and Identity 97Part III Preparing for War 1117 Strategy, Frontiers, and War 1138 Food: Campaigns and Supply 1279 Rome’s Foes 141Part IV Fighting at the Front 15710 Combat: Battle 15911 Combat: Sieges 17512 Life After War: Celebrating Victory, Mourning Defeat, and Readjusting to Civilian Life 189Part V Beyond War 20313 Friends and Family 20514 The Military and the State 21915 Retirement: Veterans and Their Legacy 235Conclusion 249Glossary 253Timeline 259Further Reading and Bibliography 269Index 285