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Author:   Sue Stallibrass ,  Richard Thomas
Publisher:   Oxbow Books
Imprint:   Oxbow Books
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.445kg
ISBN:  

9781842173237

ISBN 10:   1842173235
Pages:   169
Publication Date:   10 April 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Appetizer: preface and acknowledgements; For starters: producing and supplying food to the army in the Roman north-west privinces (Richard Thomas and Sue Stallibrass); Feeding the wolf in Cheshire: models and (a few) facts (Peter Carrington); Supply-chain networks and the Roman invasion of Britain: a case study from Alchester, Oxfordshire (Richard Thomas); Food supply at two successive military settlemtents in Arras (France): an archaeobotanical and archaeozoological approach (Marie Derreumaux and Sebastien Lepetz); Food supply to the Roman army in the Rhine delta in the first century AD (Chiara Cavallo et al); Surplus production of animal products for the Roman army in a rural settlement in the Dutch River Area (Maaike Groot); A biometric perspective on the size of cattle in Roman Nijmegen, The Netherlands: implications for the supply of urban consumers and the Roman army (Erik P Filean); Feeding the Roman army from Dorset: pottery, salt and the Roman state (James Gerrard); Commodities or logistics? The role of equids in Roman supply networks (Cluny Johnstone); Food for thought: what's next on the menu? (Sue Stallibrass and Richard Thomas).

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Will be of value to students of the Roman military or those interested in logistics.' -- The NYMAS Review The NYMAS Review The volume starts and ends with overviews by the two editors. In between, we have eight essays on different aspects of the subject, all the authors offering thoughtful comments on their material.' -- Britannia Britannia

Will be of value to students of the Roman military or those interested in logistics.' The NYMAS Review Fall-Winter 2009 The volume starts and ends with overviews by the two editors. In between, we have eight essays on different aspects of the subject, all the authors offering thoughtful comments on their material.' -- David J. Breeze Britannia Vol. 40, 2009

Will be of value to students of the Roman military or those interested in logistics.' The NYMAS Review Fall-Winter 2009 The volume starts and ends with overviews by the two editors. In between, we have eight essays on different aspects of the subject, all the authors offering thoughtful comments on their material.' -- David J. Breeze Britannia, vol 40 2009

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