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Auxilia and Gymnasia: A Sicilian Model of Roman Imperialism*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2010

Jonathan R. W. Prag
Jonathan R. W. Prag
Affiliation:
Merton College, Oxford, jonathan.prag@merton.ox.ac.uk
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This paper examines the evidence for military activity in the Republican provincia of Sicily from the Punic Wars to the Civil Wars, and the implications of this for our understanding of Republican Sicily and Republican imperialism. After the Second Punic War there was very little use of Roman or Italian allied soldiers on the island, but extensive use, by Rome, of local Sicilian soldiers. The rich evidence for gymnasia suggests one way in which this use of local manpower was based upon existing civic structures and encouraged local civic culture and identity. These conclusions prompt a reassessment of the importance of auxilia externa under the Roman Republic and of models for Republican imperial control of provinciae.

Keywords

SICILYIMPERIALISMGYMNASIAAUXILIAPROVINCIAIDENTITYROMAN PROVINCES
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Articles
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The Journal of Roman Studies , Volume 97 , November 2007 , pp. 68 - 100
Copyright
Copyright © Jonathan R. W. Prag 2007. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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Footnotes

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It is a pleasure to thank Carmine Ampolo, Filippo Battistoni, Mac Bell, Anna Briguglio, Lorenzo Campagna, Suzanne Frey-Kupper, Sandra Péré-Noguès, Antonino Pinzone, Vincenzo La Rosa, and Roger Wilson for copies of various of the works employed, as well as in many cases discussion of the contents. The paper owes a great deal to Michael Crawford, who oversaw its original development (he is not responsible for its many defects). I received much appreciated encouragement from Carmine Ampolo and the famiglia Rallo of the Impresa Donnafugata (Marsala) at a key moment. In particular I wish to thank Getzl Cohen and the Department of Classics at the University of Cincinnati for their generous award of a Tytus Scholarship and their kind hospitality, through which I was able to complete much of the work in the splendid Blegen Library.

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* It is a pleasure to thank Carmine Ampolo, Filippo Battistoni, Mac Bell, Anna Briguglio, Lorenzo Campagna, Suzanne Frey-Kupper, Sandra Péré-Noguès, Antonino Pinzone, Vincenzo La Rosa, and Roger Wilson for copies of various of the works employed, as well as in many cases discussion of the contents. The paper owes a great deal to Michael Crawford, who oversaw its original development (he is not responsible for its many defects). I received much appreciated encouragement from Carmine Ampolo and the famiglia Rallo of the Impresa Donnafugata (Marsala) at a key moment. In particular I wish to thank Getzl Cohen and the Department of Classics at the University of Cincinnati for their generous award of a Tytus Scholarship and their kind hospitality, through which I was able to complete much of the work in the splendid Blegen Library.