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READINGS: ROMAN CITIZENSHIP

BLOOD OF THE PROVINCES: THE ROMAN AUXILIA AND THE MAKING OF PROVINCIAL SOCIETY FROM AUGUSTUS TO THE SEVERANS

By Ian Haynes

Oxford University Press, 2013

ISBN: 978-0198795445

provides readers with a comprehensive study on Rome famous . These soldiers were not citizens, yet they comprised more than half of Rome’s armies. This book looks at the latest in archeological research about this

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