Roman warfare
"Roman Warfare surveys the history of Rome's fighting forces from their inception in the seventh century BCE to the fall of the Western Empire in the fifth century CE. In nontechnical, lively language, Jonathan P. Roth examines the evolution of Roman warfare over its thousand-year history. He highlights the changing arms and equipment of the soldiers, unit organization and command structure, and the war and battles of each era. The military narrative is used as a context for Rome's changing tac…
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- Full title :Roman warfare / Jonathan P. Roth.
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"Roman Warfare surveys the history of Rome's fighting forces from their inception in the seventh century BCE to the fall of the Western Empire in the fifth century CE. In nontechnical, lively language, Jonathan P. Roth examines the evolution of Roman warfare over its thousand-year history. He highlights the changing arms and equipment of the soldiers, unit organization and command structure, and the war and battles of each era. The military narrative is used as a context for Rome's changing tactics and strategy and to discuss combat techniques, logistics, and other elements of Roman war. Political, social, and economic factors are also considered."--Jacket.
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- Publication Date:2009.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2009.
The Physical Object
- Description:xvii, 310 pages : : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; : 23 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780521830287, 0521830281, 9780521537261, 0521537266
- oclc:ocn231745643
- LC Classification:U35
- Dewey Decimal:355.020937
Table of Contents
The wars of early Rome (beginnings to 343 BCE) -- The conquest of Italy (343-264 BCE) -- The Army's greatest challenge : the Punic wars (264-202 BCE) -- The army in republican society -- Rome's army wins an empire (202-133 BCE) -- The transformation of the army (133-64 BCE) -- Caesar's wars (64-44 BCE) -- Death throes of the republic (44-30 BCE) -- Augustus' new army -- Conquests of the imperial army (30 BCE-68 CE) -- The imperial army as society -- War and the Roman peace (68-191 CE) -- Rome struggles for survival (191-285 CE) -- Rome fights back (285-378 CE) -- Half an empire falls (378-476 CE).
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