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The Iconography Of The Samnite Warrior Heavy Infantry Or Skirmisher?
Evidence for Samnite daily life and political structures is severely lacking. Evidence on Samnite warfare, however, particularly the characteristics of Samnite warriors, is much more plentiful. Consequently, we can conduct a detailed analysis of who
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The Tombstone Of Marcus Aemilius Durises dining With The Dead
Durises was a rider in the Ala Sulpicia, a cavalry unit known to be active from the AD 70s through to the late second century. The fact that Marcus Aemilius Durises had a tria nomina suggests that he may have been a Roman citizen, despite serving in
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The Celts of Brennus
Pausanias does not name any of the tribes the Keltoi came from. According to Strabo, Brennus was a member of the (otherwise unknown) tribe of the Prausi, but he admits “I am unable to say where the Prausans formerly lived” (Geography 4.1.13). Strabo

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