Naslov
Archaeological traces of the Pannonian revolt: evidence and conjectures

Autori
Radman Livaja, Ivan ; Dizdar, Marko

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Imperium – Varus und seine Zeit, Beiträge zum internationalen Kolloquium des LWL – Romermuseums am 28. und 29. April 2008 in Münster, Veröffentlichungen der Altertumskomission für Westfalen Landschaftsverband Band XVIII Westfalen-Lippe / R. Aßkamp, T. Esch - Münster, 2010, 47-58

ISBN
978-3-402-15007-8

Skup
IMPERIUM - Varus und seine Zeit Wissenschaftliches Kolloquium des LWL-Römermuseums

Mjesto i datum
Münster, Njemačka, 28.04.2008. - 29.04.2008

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Pannonian revolt; Suetonius; 6-9 AD; Tiberius; western part of Balnakn peninsula

Sažetak
The Pannonian revolt was once described by Suetonius as the worst war faced by the Roman state since the Punic wars, or to put into his own words: gravissimum omnium externorum bellorum post Punica (Suetonius, Vita Tiberi, 16). One might think that Suetonius had been exaggerating but his point of view is not very different from the account left by Velleius Paterculus, a man who personally witnessed those dramatic events. Be as it may, all the written sources agree that a terrible war was waged at that time in the western part of the Balkan peninsula and that the Roman Empire devoted considerable material and human resources to quell the revolt of the indigenous population and to re-establish its authority over that area. Our main concern in this paper is to give an overview of the available archaeological evidence of that war or the lack of it. Unfortunately, Suetonius’ comparison of the Pannonian revolt with the Punic wars is not only adequate as far as the gravity of the situation faced by the Romans is concerned, but it could also be applied to the scarcity of material traces left by the belligerents. To tell the truth, there is no lack of archaeological finds in southern Pannonia which could be linked to the events from 6 to 9 AD but it remains difficult to claim that those artefacts are connected beyond doubt to the operations waged in that period since they could be the traces of earlier military operations, for example those conducted by Tiberius in the preceding decades or remains of Roman military activities in the years following the quelling of the Pannonian revolt. Considering the current state of research, it is unlikely that definite conclusions could be reached but it could nevertheless be useful to present all the available evidence as a starting point for future research and archaeological excavations.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Arheologija

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