Illyricum in Roman Politics, 229 BC–AD 68

Džino, Danijel

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“…Kr. ), do Drave i u prostor današnje sjeverne i središnje Bosne (Wilkes 1969: 13-77;Šašel Kos 2005: 249-271;2011: 107-110;Domić-Kunić 2006;Džino 2010;Džino, Domić Kunić 2013;. Batonski rat (bellum Batonianum) od 6. do 9. g. po Kr.…”

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Inscribed funerary monuments of Legio VII and the emergence of military communities in 1st century AD Dalmatia

Coopey

2023

Pril. Inst. arheol. Zagrebu (Online)

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The Imperial Roman military consisted of a vast collection of armies and overlapping sub-communities, causing it to be a multi-layered entity. Scholars have explored its social dynamics since the 1980s, with epigraphic material – particularly of a funerary nature – providing valuable insight. The provinces of southeastern Europe, such as Dalmatia, are home to a great deal of well-catalogued archaeological and epigraphical material which could contribute to these studies, however, they are often left unconsidered in scholarship from outside the region. This paper conducts an epigraphical and archaeological analysis of the Romano-Dalmatian inscribed funerary monuments of the Seventh Legion (Legio VII Claudia pia fidelis) to study the construction of identity and community. It is demonstrated that Legio VII was home to a complex network of servicemen intersected by various social, familial, legal, and military roles, relations, and symbols, which was rejuvenated and negotiated through the textual, sculptural, and spatial dimensions of funerary monuments. Moreover, these very funerary monuments were a significant part of this network, acting as media of identity and community (re)construction and (re)negotiation. Not only does this shed light on the social dynamics of Roman military communities, but it also reinforces the image which has emerged in recent scholarship of funerary monuments as socially constructive media. Finally, this paper demonstrates the value of theoretically engaged analyses of material from, and scholarship concerning, Romano-Dalmatia.

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Inscribed funerary monuments of Legio VII and the emergence of military communities in 1st century AD Dalmatia

Coopey

2023

Pril. Inst. arheol. Zagrebu (Online)

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“…16;Pašalić 1956;Mesihović 2009;usp. još i: CAH 1996;Wilkes 1969;Nagy 1970;Šašel-Kos 1986;Wilkes 1992;Zaninović 2003;Šašel Kos 2005;Dzino 2010; Džino, Domić Kunić 2013; Zaninović 2015. 7 Brojevi uz pojedina imena odnose se na drugi, prosopografski dio ovoga rada, u kojemu su dodatno objašnjene zamršene veze koje su te ljude povezivale međusobno, kao i sa samim Augustom.…”

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PROSOPOGRAPHIA BELLI BATONIANI / Prosopographia Belli Batoniani

Kunić

2018

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Victorious in the battle against Mark Antony for mastery over Rome, Octavian gradually revised the previously existing Republican system with a new regime, in which the “first among the equals” was in fact the sovereign ruler. Aiming to secure his power and its undisturbed succession in the next generation of Julio-Claudians, Octavian placed his own men in key positions in the state. These were not only individuals who were in a client relationship with Octavian Augustus, but also individuals whom the Princeps tied to his own family with marriage bonds; in that way he made a wide network of kin and marital interdependency on himself. This paper deals with a small section of that network – with Augustus’ legates who fought in Illyricum between 6 and 9 AD. These were the governors of three provinces – Illyricum, Moesia and Galatia – whose armies participated in the suppression of the great Pannonian-Dalmatian uprising. All three provinces were imperial, which means that the Princeps, and not the Senate, was in charge for election of their administrators. Illyricum, Moesia and Galatia are clear examples of the political and personal network Augustus cast over the Empire, and represent a model that was to be applied in other provinces – even those under senatorial authority. Narratives of historical sources about the Pannonian-Dalmatian uprising mention seven pivotal individuals in leading positions in the Roman army, in legions that during the three wartime years operated in Illyricum. These are: Tiberius (commander-in-chief of the joint military force – No. 4), Germanicus (his subordinate, a member of Augustus’ immediate family – No. 5), Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus Messallinus (governor of Illyricum in the year of the outbreak of the uprising – No. 9), Aulus Caecina Severus (governor of Moesia – No. 7), Marcus Plautius Silvanus (governor of Galatia – No. 8), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (governor of Pannonia, northern part of recently divided Illyricum, in the last year of the war – No. 6), and Caius Vibius Postumus (governor of Dalmatia, southern part of recently divided Illyricum, in the last year of the war – No. 10). A number has been assigned to each of these men to fascilitate the tracking of their complex relations by blood and marriage which tied most of them mutually, and with Augustus himself. Numbers are also assigned to Augustus (No. 1), Mark Antony (No. 2) and Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (No. 3), whom the Princeps firmly tied with his family. A short survey of activities of these seven legates in Illyricum during the war (6-9 AD) is followed by the second part of the paper that minutely explains their blood and marital relations. To each of the other persons relevant to our narrative a number is also assigned in order to track them through Augustus’ network. Extensive analysis of their mutual relations show that some of them were firmly related through family to the Julio-Claudians (Valerius Messallinus and Aemilius Lepidus), some were tied with client more than marital bonds (Plautius Silvanus), and some apparently were not highly dependent on Princeps (Caecina Severus and Vibius Postumus). However, all of them constituted important parts of the network which Augustus threw over the Empire, providing for himself and his successors secure and firm power, and for the State the long desired pax Romana.

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“…The coastline of Dalmatia was first annexed as part of Illyricum, which was established for Julius Caesar in 59 BCE/BC and subsequently expanded under Octavian (later, Augustus) through several unconnected minor and major conflicts [10]. The most significant conflict, the bellum Batonianum ('war of the Batos'), occurred between 6-9 CE/AD.…”

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“…The most significant conflict, the bellum Batonianum ('war of the Batos'), occurred between 6-9 CE/AD. While the date of the administrative split of Illyricum into Dalmatia in the south and Pannonia in the north is contested, it is agreed that the regions were at least unofficially and militarily treated as different entities as early as the reign of Tiberius (14-27 CE/AD), partially on account of the bellum Batonianum [11,12]. The seventh legion arrived in Dalmatia during this uprising and built their fortress at Tilurium soon after, before transferring to Moesia Superior by 59 CE/AD [8,9].…”

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Archaeo-Epigraphic Data Concerning the Community of Legio VII Servicemen in Dalmatia: A Dataset for ‘Fratres Romani in Dalmatia’

Coopey¹,

Ballsun-Stanton²

2023

Journal of Open Archaeology Data

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This dataset consists of data related to the inscribed Roman monuments of the Seventh Legion (Legio VII) and the servicemen they commemorate in the province of Dalmatia (eastern Adriatic coastline and hinterland) from 30 BCE/BC -259 CE/AD, as well as select areas outside the province. The dataset incorporates geographical and textual information found in typical epigraphic datasets alongside less typically captured visual, historical, biographical, archaeological, and bibliographic data from regional scholars. This dataset has the potential to facilitate both in-depth quantitative and qualitative research into Legio VII and its design structure can also be applied onto other Roman material corpora to relationally capture archaeo-epigraphic data. It can also be used as a learning device.

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Illyricum in Roman Politics, 229 BC–AD 68

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Inscribed funerary monuments of Legio VII and the emergence of military communities in 1st century AD Dalmatia

Inscribed funerary monuments of Legio VII and the emergence of military communities in 1st century AD Dalmatia

PROSOPOGRAPHIA BELLI BATONIANI / Prosopographia Belli Batoniani

Archaeo-Epigraphic Data Concerning the Community of Legio VII Servicemen in Dalmatia: A Dataset for ‘Fratres Romani in Dalmatia’

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