Granaries and the grain supply of Roman frontier forts: case studies in local grain production from Hauarra (Jordan), Vindolanda (Britain), and Vindonissa (Switzerland)

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dc.contributor.authorKoon, Kelsey Marie
dc.contributor.supervisorOleson, John Peter
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-29T21:25:58Z
dc.date.available2013-09-01T11:22:05Z
dc.date.copyright2012en_US
dc.date.issued2012-08-29
dc.degree.departmentDept. of Greek and Roman Studiesen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis addresses the question of whether Roman military garrisons on the frontiers of the Empire could sustain their annual supplies of grain from the local countryside; and if they could, to what extent. The paper examines first the general diet of a Roman soldier and the administrative and logistical system by which the military was supplied with its required foodstuffs. Three case studies of specific forts: Hauarra in present-day Jordan, Vindolanda in present-day Britain, and Vindonissa in present-day Switzerland, based on the surviving granary structures of the forts and on the theoretical grain yields of the area, show that it was possible for these forts to supply themselves with their annual requirements of grain from the local area, without recourse to costly importation.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/4208
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectroman militaryen_US
dc.subjectmilitary studiesen_US
dc.subjectmilitary supplyen_US
dc.subjectancient agricultureen_US
dc.subjectroman frontieren_US
dc.subjectgrainen_US
dc.subjectancient cereal farmingen_US
dc.subjecthauarraen_US
dc.subjectvindolandaen_US
dc.subjectvindonissaen_US
dc.subjectancient militaryen_US
dc.titleGranaries and the grain supply of Roman frontier forts: case studies in local grain production from Hauarra (Jordan), Vindolanda (Britain), and Vindonissa (Switzerland)en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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