Journal of Archaeology in the Low Countries 4-2 (April 2013)

Could the local population of the Lower Rhine delta supply the Roman army? Part 1: The archaeological and historical framework

Laura I. Kooistra, Marieke van Dinter, Monica K. Dütting, Pauline van Rijn, Chiara Cavallo

Keywords: food and wood provisioning, limes, palaeo-landscape, Roman army


Abstract
1. Introduction
2. The Rhine delta in the Roman Period
3. The Roman army in the Rhine delta
3.1 Timber for forts and other military structures
3.2 Timber for vici structures
3.3 Military population and their associates
3.4 Food for soldiers and vicus inhabitants
4. The rural population in the Rhine delta
4.1 Settlement distribution
4.2 Rural population
4.3 Arable farming and animal husbandry
5. Did the local population supply the Roman army?
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