Roman Amphorae In Neuss Augustan To Julioclaudian Contexts Horacio Gonzlez Cesteros by Horacio González Cesteros, Piero Berni Millet 9781789690521, 1789690528 instant download after payment.

The occupation of the territories on both sides of the Rhine was an enormous challenge for the Roman military administration and logistics. In the last two decades of the first century BC several regions were conquered or partially occupied by Roman legions, establishing a large number of military camps around the Rhine and their most important eastern tributaries. Most of these camps were occupied for short periods, depending on the march of the legions and the course of the military events.
Located at a place with good natural defences and communications with the Belgian hinterland, Neuss was one of the earliest points on the Rhine where Roman army was stationed. The area was occupied by different legions and smaller units stationed in camps with some intervals from 16 BC.
Roman Amphorae in Neuss: Augustan to Julio-Claudian contexts presents a thorough study of one of the most important archaeological artefacts for the understanding of military supply to the German frontier, the amphorae. Deliveries from the Iberian Peninsula, Gaul and various eastern Mediterranean regions arrived at military camps established at the intersection between the rivers Erf and Rhine from 16 BC until the Claudian principate. The study of this material has been essential not only for Neuss, but also for further understanding of the whole Rhine region and of the logistics of the Roman army supply from distant areas.