Blood of the Provinces - Haynes, Ian (Chair of Archaeology, Newcastle University, Chair of Archaeology, Newcastle University, Professor, Chair of Archaeology, Newcastle University)

This is the first fully comprehensive study of the auxilia, a non-citizen force which constituted more than half of Rome's celebrated armies. Diverse in origins, character, and culture, they played an essential role in building the empire, sustaining the unequal peace celebrated as the pax Romana, and enacting the emperor's writ.