The Corn Supply of the Roman Army and the lex militaris of Gaius Gracchus

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The Corn Supply of the Roman Army and the lex militaris of Gaius Gracchus
Telminov, Vyacheslav

From the journal Historia Historia, Volume 68, December 2019, issue 4

Published by Franz Steiner Verlag

article, 14129 Words
Original language: German
Historia 2019, pp 463-488
https://doi.org/10.25162/historia-2019-0024

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The article deals with the history of reforms regarding food supply of the Roman armies, which constituted a crucial element of the Late Roman Republic military structure. The author analyzes a number of sources concerning the second half of the second century B. C. and concludes that during this period a system of reduced-price grain distributions was in force in the Roman army. This particular practice was abolished in 109 B. C. at the initiative of Marcus Iunius Silanus. Further the author demostrates that these reductions were introduced by the military law of Gaius Gracchus in 123 B. C.

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Vyacheslav Telminov

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Roman Army | Late Roman Republic | Marcus Iunius Silanus | Military Law of Gaius Gracchus

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