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Mind Map by Claire Dugdale, updated more than 1 year ago
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The Roman
Army
- Augustus realised that control and experience in the army was crucial to remaining in power
that he purposefully ensured his successors had careers in arm: they would need the support
and loyalty of the army in the future
- Army as
propaganda
- imperator
Emperor
- derives from a word for
General
- the armed forces provided Augustus with propaganda
opportunities
- Triumphs were held in
Rome to celebrate
victories
- Triumphs were held in
Rome to celebrate
victories
- the armed forces provided Augustus with propaganda
opportunities
- derives from a word for
General
- imperator
Emperor
- Reforms to the
army
- the need to
reform
- no real standing army to
man vast frontier regions
- burden of service to much on
italians
- no enough man
power
- no enough man
power
- no regular
pay
- troop depended on commanders
for rewards to end of service
- loyalty to general not to
state
- loyalty to general not to
state
- no real standing army to
man vast frontier regions
- demobilisation
- two major
demobilisation's
- 60 legions involved in Civil War with Octavian reduced to
28
- loss o 3 legions in the Varian
Disaster
- not replaced so 25 by end of Augustus
reign
- not replaced so 25 by end of Augustus
reign
- 60 legions involved in Civil War with Octavian reduced to
28
- two major
demobilisation's
- financial support by the
state
- for the first 30 years, Augustus personally
financed the veteran settlements, by 6 AD could
no longer
- ran out of
money
- Established the Aerarium
Militare
- military
treasury
- funded by 1 percent sales tax
and 5 percent inheritance tax
- funded by 1 percent sales tax
and 5 percent inheritance tax
- military
treasury
- ran out of
money
- for the first 30 years, Augustus personally
financed the veteran settlements, by 6 AD could
no longer
- the need to
reform
- Key points
- troops no longer financially
dependent on their generals
- removed connection
between soldiers and
generals that had been so
disastrous to the Republic
- Veterans loyalty now tended towards the
state/gov as it provided veterans' pensions/ land
etc.
- this was confirmed by a
personal oath of loyalty by
the legions to Augutus
- entrusted important command
to members of his own Family
- tiberius
- Germanicus
- rather than old
nobility
- tiberius
- army became increasingly
attached to the imperial
house
- troops no longer financially
dependent on their generals
- Key reforms
- Demobilisation
- fixed terms of
service
- creation of military
treasury
- Purpose of these
reforms
- as well as improving the efficenty go the army forces,
Tacitus is clear on the reason for these reforms
- Augsutus won over the soldiers with
gifts
- he had excited the veterans by
bribery
- Augsutus won over the soldiers with
gifts
- as well as improving the efficenty go the army forces,
Tacitus is clear on the reason for these reforms
- Demobilisation
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