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Title: The Regular Roman Auxiliary Regiments Formed from the Provinces of Asia Minor
Author(s): BENNETT, Julian
Journal: Anatolica
Volume: 37    Date: 2011   
Pages: 251-274
DOI: 10.2143/ANA.37.0.2073791

Abstract :
Knowing the recruitment patterns and the areas of service for the auxilia, the auxiliary units of the Roman Imperial Army, helps us better understand overall developments in Roman strategic thinking. In this regard the establishment of auxiliary units from the provinces of Asia Minor is of interest in pointing to Roman military thought and practice with regard to the Eastern provinces as a whole. This paper examines the history of those auxiliary units raised from Asia Minor in the light of these matters. It shows that until the emperor Trajan made heavy demands on this region for new units in connection with his Parthian War, the provinces concerned contributed very few locally raised units of Roman auxilia, and explains why this might be so.

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