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53. But one should note that at Rapidem, for instance, there is a hint that
a tribal group (the Masat.... ori Bens) was attached to the vicus for
administrative purposes, Desanges 1962,61. Similarly the existence
of major oases (and tribal centres ) close to Gernellae and Ad Maiores
and at Turris Tamalleni will have favoured their development as towns
by Rome.
54. Rebuffat 1982c, 192-93,197-98.
55. Pers. obs. ULVP 1979.
56. Rebuffat 1977,395-419, is an illuminating example of how to approach
these economic questions from the military view point. On supply, see
above 6: 4 notes 6 and 8, and Jones and Walker 1983,191-92.
57. An extreme minimalist approach which entirely ignores the impact of the
garrison and its associated civilian settlements on the frontier region
distorts the overall picture as much as did Goodchild with his limitanei
theory. For instance, indigenous development must have been affected
by both the direct and indirect consequences of the c. 3000 man garrison
in the Severan period. But the crucial fact to grasp is that the
effects varied markedly across the zone and, whilst some groups will
have become totally bound up with the military markets for a period,
other areas will have been relatively untouched.