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date: 26 March 2025

recruiting, military 

Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity
Author(s):
Doug LeeDoug Lee

The Roman authorities exploited sources of military manpower both within and outside the Empire in Late Antiquity. Inhabitants of the Empire were recruited as both conscripts and volunteers, although the mechanisms in place for compulsion suggest this was usually the more important source. As part of the Late ... ...

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