garrison-service

Updated: May 11, 2025

While the taxation in its original character had been an indemnification for the burden of military defence undertaken by Rome, and the community paying tribute had thus a right to remain exempt from ordinary service, garrison-service was now as is attested e. g. in the case of Sardinia for the most part imposed on the provincials, and even in the ordinary armies, besides other duties, the whole heavy burden of the cavalry-service was devolved on them.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)

While the taxation in its original character had been an indemnification for the burden of military defence undertaken by Rome, and the community paying tribute had thus a right to remain exempt from ordinary service, garrison-service was now as is attested e. g. in the case of Sardinia for the most part imposed on the provincials, and even in the ordinary armies, besides other duties, the whole heavy burden of the cavalry-service was devolved on them.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book V : The Establishment of the Military Monarchy