A LOGISTIC ECHELON OF THE ROMANO-BYZANTINE ARMY IN THE SIXTH CENTURY - QUAESTURA EXERCITUS IUSTINIANI -
A LOGISTIC ECHELON OF THE ROMANO-BYZANTINE ARMY IN THE SIXTH CENTURY - QUAESTURA EXERCITUS IUSTINIANI -
Author(s): Alexandru MadgearuContributor(s): Iulia NASTASIE (Translator)
Subject(s): Military history, 6th to 12th Centuries, Peace and Conflict Studies, Transport / Logistics
Published by: Centrul tehnic-editorial al armatei
Keywords: territorial continuity; fiscal losses; Danubian provinces; logistic structure; military-administrative division;
Summary/Abstract: Quaestura exercitus was in charge of funding and supplying the Danube troops. This military structure, created in 536, was a sort of logistic echelon of the Romano-Byzantine army. As far as we know, there is no other similar structure. It was needed, in the author’s opinion, because of the gap occurred between the supply necessities and the possibilities at the local level of the troops deployed in Scythia and Moesia Secunda. The quaestor collected the taxes from rich provinces both in cash and in kind, in order to send them to the soldiers, and the distribution centre was in Odessus. As far as food supply is concerned, recent research has shown that the amphorae discovered in large number in the fortification in the Danube area are connected to the transports of goods organised by quaestura exercitus. They were mainly used for olive oil, as proven by the waste discovered in some cases, as well as for wine.
Journal: Romanian Military Thinking
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 139-144
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English
