Textiles and War in Europe and the Mediterranean from Prehistory to Late Antiquity

Textiles and War in Europe and the Mediterranean from Prehistory to Late Antiquity

Proceedings of the International Conference held at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Levant Culture and Civilisation in Bucharest, Romania, 17-19 May 2023

Edited by
Liviu Mihail Iancu and Francesco Meo

Archaeopress Archaeology

Textiles and War in Europe and the Mediterranean from Prehistory to Late Antiquity

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Contents

Introduction

Textiles for War: Archaeological Evidence and Approaches – Margarita Gleba

Craft, Design and Ergonomics. Decorations, Reinforcements and Protections for Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic Panoplies Between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea – Raimon Graells i Fabregat

Protecting the Legionary’s Head: Analysis of the Evidence of Lining in Roman Helmets from the Imperial Age – Fabio Spagiari and Elisabetta Malaman

Textiles on the March: Textile Activities in Roman Republican Military Contexts of Western Iberia (1st Century BC) – Francisco B. Gomes, Teresa Rita Pereira, Carlos Pereira and João Pimenta

Reused and Recycled Textiles from Judean Desert Sites Associated with the Jewish Rebels Who Fought the Romans During the 1st and 2nd Centuries AD, Compared to Finds from Contemporary Nabatean Sites in Southern Israel – Orit Shamir

‘Quod Satis in Usum Fuit Sublato’. Booty and Tribute as Textile Supply Sources for Ancient Greek and Roman Armies – Liviu Mihail Iancu

Samnite Armour and Linen – Gianluca Tagliamonte

Typical Dress in Daunia (Puglia Region, Southern Italy) and Its Representation in Stone Carvings – Francesco Meo

Blood-Splattered Tunics: Textile Trophies in the Funerary Iconography of Campania and Lucania, Italy, in the 4th Century BC – Maureen Carroll

The Proto-Lucanian Hydria from the Tomb 2/1994 of Gravina-Botromagno and the Polysemy of Heroic Textiles: Symbola for the Peucetian Elites – Carlo Lualdi

From Milites to Augusti: the Adoption of Military Clothing in Depictions of Roman Emperors During the 3rd Century AD – Adrián Gordón Zan

Roman Soldiers or Others: Who Were the People Depicted on the Funerary Stelae from the Middle Strymon Valley? – Philip Kolev

Clothing on the Eastern Border of the Roman Empire: Parthian Military Costumes on Statues in the Museum of Şanlıurfa (ancient Edessa in Osrhoene) in Southeastern Turkey – Ergün Laflı and Maurizio Buora