D'Amato, Raffaele/Ruggieri Roman Army Units in the Eastern Provinces (2). 3rd Century AD

In this book, eminent Roman historian, Dr Raffaele D'Amato, looks at the notoriously under-represented history of the Roman armies during the middle 3rd Century whose records have been obscured by the chaotic civil wars of that period between usurpers to the Imperial authority of Rome. Following on from the previous title, Men-at-Arms 527, "Roman Army Units in the Western Provinces (2). 3rd Century AD", this book considers the evidence for troops in the Eastern half of the Empire specifically around the Balkans, Mesopotamia, the Middle East and North Africa and looks at the weakness of Imperial central authority which inevitably led to local particularism and a wide range of appearance in regional commands.
The author uses literary, painted, sculptural and archaeological sources to reconstruct this little-understood period of Roman military history and meticulously charts and reconstructs the appearance and campaigns of those Roman forces stationed in the East.

The author uses literary, painted, sculptural and archaeological sources to reconstruct this little-studied period of Roman military history, meticulously reconstructing the appearance and campaigns of the Roman forces stationed in the East.