THE ROMAN ARMY VENI VIDI VICI SOLDIERS LETTERS

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THE ROMAN ARMY VENI, VIDI, VICI

THE ROMAN ARMY VENI, VIDI, VICI

SOLDIERS’ LETTERS HOME https: //100 falcons. wordpress. com/2 009/11/25/a-real-letter-from-a-roman -soldier/ http: //vindolanda. csad. ox.

SOLDIERS’ LETTERS HOME https: //100 falcons. wordpress. com/2 009/11/25/a-real-letter-from-a-roman -soldier/ http: //vindolanda. csad. ox. ac. uk/exhi bition/army-1. shtml

MILITARY LETTERS TO EGYPT Written in the second century by a kid named Apion

MILITARY LETTERS TO EGYPT Written in the second century by a kid named Apion from a small town in Egypt. He enlisted in the Roman army at Alexandria, got on a big government ship, and sailed to Italy. The ship made it through a terrible storm. As soon as he landed and got his new uniform and pay, he went to have his picture painted for his family and sent it home along with this letter: The surviving letter was written out by a hired public letter-writer. Two of his friends who enlisted with him added their messages in the left margin

Delivered by military post, made it to village in Egypt where family lived

Delivered by military post, made it to village in Egypt where family lived Found by archaeologists under fallen walls of father’s house. Paired with another letter written by Apion to his sister after stationed on frontier By that point, had wife and children of his own.

Apion to his father and lord Epimachos: Many good wishes! First of all I

Apion to his father and lord Epimachos: Many good wishes! First of all I hope you are in good health and that things are going well for you and my sister and her daughter and my brother. I thank the Lord Serapis [an Egyptian god] for saving me right off when I was in danger at sea. When I arrived at Misenum [the Roman war harbor, near Naples], I received three gold pieces from the Emperor [Trajan? ] as road money, and I’m doing just fine. Please write me a line, my lord father, about your own well-being, second about that of my brother and sister, and third so that I may devotedly greet your hand, because you brought me up well and I may therefore hope for rapid promotion, the gods willing. Give my regards to Capiton [some friend] and my brother and sister and Serenilla [a family slave? ] and my friends. I’m sending you my little portrait through Euktemon. My [new]Roman name is Antonius Maximus. All my best!

See handout for similar letter recently deciphered by a graduate student at Rice

See handout for similar letter recently deciphered by a graduate student at Rice University

Roman river boat Would have been used for patrols on the Danube http: //www

Roman river boat Would have been used for patrols on the Danube http: //www 2. rgzm. de/navis/Ship 101/Nav isnachbau 1 Engl. htm

STILICHO AND FAMILY BARBARIAN OR ROMAN?

STILICHO AND FAMILY BARBARIAN OR ROMAN?

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