ABSTRACT
This chapter explores feature of the effects of globalization by way of the Roman army and its main agent, the soldier. The Roman army, moreover, represents one of the greatest facilitators of Rome's project of empire and represents the strongest presence of Rome on the global scale, which includes most areas under Roman control in the early second century ce. The chapter focuses on how Juvenal frequently frames his discourse on institutional inequities in terms of their practice at the core (Rome) and the areas outside Rome, and, ultimately, how this behavior at Rome has implications on areas outside Rome, and vice versa. The Roman army and its constituents were keepers of the emperor's reputation and his clients. The chapter analyses how the issues of circulation and connectivity that have informed the narrative frame of the collection, alongside the literal and metaphorical plays on territorial core and periphery, figure in the satirist's choice to fashion himself as a soldier.
