In the service of the empire : continuity of Jewish military service in the armies of Rome

Olshanetsky Haggai: In the service of the empire : continuity of Jewish military service in the armies of Rome. In: Sapiens ubique civis, (2). pp. 129-162. (2021)

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Abstract

The main debate regarding Jewish soldiers serving in the Roman armies is still focused on the question whether these Jews actually existed. Unfortunately, this debate is not only limited, but at times it also misses the larger picture. The current article will conclusively show that Jews served in the Roman armies, even in large numbers, and that the main debate we must conduct is whether they served in accordance with their percentage of the general population, or even in higher numbers. Furthermore, the article will irrefutably prove that Jewish military service was a continuous phenomenon from the last decades of the Republic until the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, and possibly continued, to some extent, in the Eastern Roman Empire until the first half of the 6th century AD.

Item Type: Article
Journal or Publication Title: Sapiens ubique civis
Date: 2021
Volume: 2
ISSN: 2732-317X
Page Range: pp. 129-162
Language: English
Publisher: University of Szeged
Place of Publication: Szeged
Event Title: Sapiens ubique civis (7.) (2019) (Szeged)
Related URLs: http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/74682/
DOI: 10.14232/suc.2021.2.129-162
Uncontrolled Keywords: Klasszika-filológia, Zsidók története - ókor, Hadtörténet - Római birodalom
Additional Information: Bibliogr.: p. 158-162. és a lábjegyzetekben ; összefoglalás angol nyelven
Subjects: 06. Humanities
06. Humanities > 06.01. History and archaeology
Date Deposited: 2022. Apr. 01. 14:03
Last Modified: 2022. Apr. 01. 14:03
URI: http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/id/eprint/74866

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