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Need help - general work that considers armies as building force, not just fortifications.
Besides tile stamps, stone blocks and inscriptions on gates are there any other building elements that bear units marks. Lead pipes?
Thanks for your kind answer.
I know that the Caligulan boats of lake Nemi had his inscription on (Gaivs Jvlivs Caesar Avgvstvs Germanicvs) but i'm not sure if that helps at all...
Quote:Besides tile stamps, stone blocks and inscriptions on gates are there any other building elements that bear units marks. Lead pipes?
You've pretty much covered everything there, Stefan. Milestones as evidence of road-building?

From memory, I think Ramsay MacMullen discusses army construction work in [amazon]Soldier and Civilian in the Later Roman Empire[/amazon] (1963).