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Roman Legions had long had small specialized cavalry units within the legions. They normally had one hundred twenty cavalry distributed within a legion. In Judea, with no full legions, the cavalry would have had to be auxiliaries.
10 paź 2018 · The study of the military in the Roman provinces of Judaea is not the most accessible topic. Though the data upon which scholars rely is familiar (e.g., epigraphs, papyri, ancient historians), its study requires significant methodological deviations from biblical studies.
Biblical scholars, seminarians, and military enthusiasts will find much to learn about the Roman army in both the New Testament and early Roman Palestine.
10 paź 2018 · The images that New Testament narratives present of soldier-civilian interactions, while prone to romanticism, are nevertheless grounded in what can be ascertained from the surviving record of Roman antiquity.
Against this trend, The Roman Army and the New Testament provides a clear discussion of issues that are often taken for granted: Who served in the military of early Roman Palestine? Why did men join the Roman army, seemingly at odds with their own interests as subject peoples?
2 lis 2018 · Nearly 5,500 Roman objects have been recovered so far – including many human remains, 3,100 Roman military items such as Roman swords, daggers, spear points, arrow heads, and three lead sling stones – used only by the Roman army at that time.
2 lut 2009 · At the time of Jesus, Rome had an estimated 500,000 troops in its army. Legions were placed in two major Roman cities of Palestine, Sebaste in Samaria and Caesarea on the Mediterranean. A military force was also kept in Jerusalem at the Antonia fortress, guarding Herod’s temple palace.
