Roman Warfare

Name: Roman Warfare
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ISBN: 9780521537261

ISBN-10: 0521537266

ISBN-13: 9780521537261

Edition: 2009

Authors: Jonathan P. Roth

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Roman Warfare surveys the history of Rome's fighting forces from their inception in the 7th century BCE to the fall of the Western Empire in the 5th century CE. In non-technical, lively language, Jonathan Roth examines the evolution of Roman war over its thousand-year history. He highlights the changing arms and equipment of the soldiers, unit organisation and command structure, and the wars 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. Full of detail, up-to-date on current scholarly…

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List price: $23.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/30/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.166
Language: English

Jonathan P. Roth is professor of history at San Jose State University. A scholar of Roman military history, he is the author of The Logistics of the Roman Army at War.



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Sources and Methods



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)


Timeline


Glossary


Glossary of People


Bibliography


Index