• Corpus ID: 161679106

Roman fleets in the Black Sea : mysteries of the classis Pontica

@article{Wheeler2012RomanFI,
  title={Roman fleets in the Black Sea : mysteries of the classis Pontica},
  author={Everett L. Wheeler},
  journal={Acta Classica},
  year={2012},
  volume={55},
  pages={119-154}
}
The paper sketches what is known of the classis Pontica from its establishment in 64 with the annexation of Pontus until its disappearance in the 3rd century, when a Roman naval presence in the eastern Euxine vanishes. Trajan probably transferred the fleet's base from Trapezus to Sinope in conjunction with preparations for his Parthian war (114-17). The classis Pontica became the only praetorian fleet stationed in the Euxine. Its title Severiana may reflect distinguished service against… 
casa-kvsa.org.za
4 Citations

4 Citations

Thracians in the Roman Imperial Navy

The Roman fleets of the imperial period were crewed by provincials, not by Italians. Of the sailors and soldiers whose names and geographical origin are attested epigraphically (on military diplomas…

Ripa Vticensis. Le renseignement militaire en Afrique sous le Haut-Empire

The notion of ripa under the Principate has not attracted the interest of specialists in Africa. Yet a structure of this kind is present in this part of the empire; it is found in an inscription that…

MASTERARBEIT / MASTER’S THESIS

.............................................................................................................................8 Zusammenfassung…

Die Römische Armee auf dem Oceanus

References

SHOWING 1-10 OF 130 REFERENCES

The Origin and Nature of the German and British Fleets

The character and origin of the Roman naval forces outside Italy in the early Principate is obscure. They are usually referred to as ‘provincial’ fleets: they appear on the military diplomas only…

The Chronology of Corbulo in Armenia

Soon after the young Nero assumed the purple in 54, word of a new Armenian crisis arrived in Rome. Recruitment to bolster the eastern legions and other defensive measures were immediately ordered…

The Occasion of Arrian’s Tactica

RRIAN STATES in his Cynegencus 1.4 that his lifelong interests were philosophy, generalship and hunting.1 With the topic of generalship the Anabasis Alexandri immediately springs to mind, but…

Early roman rule in Commagene

Modern historians generally understand Roman military occupation and the replacement of local rule by Roman administration and taxation as elements of Roman imperialism. Profound changes of this kind…

Not Official, But Permanent: Roman Presence In Allied States The Examples Of Chersonesus Taurica, The Bosporan Kingdom And Sumatar Harabesi

A temporary military command of a financial procurator of Moesia Inferior would fit very well in the context of this Roman military presence, since the military danger was of such a kind that the…

The origins and early history of the Pontic-Cappadocian frontier

Abstract With an overall length of about 550km, the Pontic-Cappadocian frontier was among the longest in the Roman Empire. It is also the least known, as there is a minimal amount of literary,…

Vespasian's Reorganization of the North-East Frontier

Perhaps the most important military development of the Flavian period was the establishment of the vast provincial complex of Galatia/Cappadocia. As a result the entire aspect of Roman Asia Minor was…

Scythians and Greeks : cultural interactions in Scythia, Athens and the Early Roman Empire (sixth century BC-first century AD)

List of illustrations Map of the Black Sea Region 1. Introduction - DAVID BRAUND (University of Exeter, England) 2. E.H. Minns and M.I. Rostovtzeff: Glimpses of a Scythian Friendship - GREGORY…

Georgia in Antiquity: A History of Colchis and Transcaucasian Iberia, 550 BC-AD 562

This is the first full history of the ancient Georgia ever to be written outside Georgia itself. It is also an introduction to the substantial archaeological work that has been carried out in Georgia…

Rome and the Nomads: The Pontic-Danubian Realm in Antiquity

I. LANDS AND PEOPLES 1. The Physical and Climatic Background 2. Zones of Interaction 3. Pontic-Danubian Themes II. WANDERERS WITHOUT CULTURE OR LAWS 4. Pontic-Danubian Themes in the Earliest Times 5.…
...