
Julian BennettBilkent University · Archaeology
Julian Bennett
About
23
Publications
1,798
Reads
How we measure 'reads'
A 'read' is counted each time someone views a publication summary (such as the title, abstract, and list of authors), clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the full-text. Learn more
50
Citations
Publications
Publications (23)
A known total of 83 World War One period Pattern 1907 bayonets for the ‘Rifle, Short, Magazine, Lee-Enfield, Mark III’ have pommel markings indicating issue to the Royal Air Force, formed on 1st April 1918. They bear alpha-numeric serial markings best interpreted as stock-taking marks, suggesting a maximum total of 70,000 were allocated for use by...
A common feature of Turkey’s principal military-focused museums and of many local ones also, are displays of military equipment used in the First World War and in Turkey’s War of Independence (1919–1923). In many cases these are rifles and bayonets supplied by Germany to the Ottoman Empire during two specific periods: from 1887 to 1903, when German...
A recent review of the palaeoenvironmental and related evidence for the multiperiod site of Gordion has identified a pattern of intensive and ultimately unsustainable land use for the region during the Roman period, a pattern interpreted as resulting from the need for over-production by estate-owners to comply with the "often onerous taxes" levied...
The auxiliary regiments of the Imperial Roman army were as vital to the defensive and offensive capabilities of the Roman Empire as the better-known Roman legions. Initially raised on an ethnic basis through the levy from among Rome's subject peoples, and then maintained at or near their full strength by conscription and voluntary recruitment, thes...
A recently published funerary inscription from Ancyra (Ankara), internally dated to 195, provides valuable information concerning the history of the legio XXX Ulpia Victrix Pia Fidelis. Firstly, it shows that the legion was in Asia Minor for Severus' Asian and Mesopotamian campaigns; and secondly, it provides the earliest securely dated record of t...
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, epigraphic and archaeological evidence available for the location and identity of the province's garrison. In addition, many of the military stations known or believe...
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, epigraphic and archaeological evidence available for the location and identity of the province's garrison. In addition, many of the military stations known or believe...
This paper stems from initial research by R.Y., the first part was written principally by J.B., the second part by R.Y.; the authors are however jointly responsible for the opinions expressed here. We are grateful to Mr B. Frank (Ryedale Folk Museum), Mr M. McCarthy (Carlisle Archaeological Unit) and Mr Colin Richardson (Tullie House Museum, Carlis...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1990.