UID:
almafu_9959326997002883
Format:
1 online resource (xxvi, 574 pages) :
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illustrations, maps
ISBN:
9780470996577
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0470996579
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9781405181440
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1405181443
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9781405121538
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140512153X
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9781405185011
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1405185015
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1280932449
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9781280932441
Series Statement:
Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Ancient history
Content:
Ancient Rome was a militaristic culture, at war annually throughout the period of the republic. This volume offers an account of the Roman army, from its beginnings to its transformation in the later Roman Empire. It examines the recruitment, training, organization, and weaponry that contributed to Rome's effectiveness as a fighting machine.
Note:
pt. 1. Early Rome. -- Warfare and the army in early Rome / John Rich -- The army and Centuriate organization in early Rome / Gary Forsythe -- pt. 2. Mid- and late republic. -- Army and battle during the conquest of Italy (350-264 BC) / Louis Rawlings -- The age of overseas expansion (264-146 BC) / Dexter Hoyos -- The late republican army (146-30 BC) / Pierre Cagniart -- War and state formation in the Roman Republic / Paul Erdkamp -- Roman manpower and recruitment during the Middle Republic / Luuk de Ligt -- Military command, political power, and the Republican elite / Nathan Rosenstein -- Colonization, land distribution, and Veteran settlement / Will Broadhead -- Army and general in the Late Roman Republic / Lukas de Blois.
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pt. 3. The empire (Actium to Adrianople). -- The structure of the imperial army -- The Augustan reform and the structure of the Imperial Army / Kate Gilliver -- Classes. The evolution of the Roman imperial fleets / D.B. Saddington -- Battle, tactics, and the emergence of the Limites in the West / James Thorne -- The army and the Limes in the east / Everett L. Wheeler -- Strategy and army structure between Septimius Severus and Constantine the Great / Karl Strobel -- Military organization -- Military documents, languages, and literacy / Sara Elise Phang -- Finances and costs of the Roman Army / Peter Herz -- War- and peacetime logistics: supplying imperial armies in east and west / Peter Kehne -- Army, emperor, and empire -- The Roman army and propaganda / Olivier Hekster -- The army and the Urban Elite: a competition for power / Clifford Ando -- Making emperors. Imperial instrument or independent force? / Anthony R. Birley -- Soldier and veterans in society -- Military camps, Canabae, and Vici. The archaeological evidence / Norbert Hanel -- Marriage, families, and survival: demographic aspects / Walter Scheidel -- Recruits and veterans / Gabriele Wesch-Klein -- The religions of the armies / Oliver Stoll -- pt. 4. The late Roman Empire (up to Justinian). -- Warlords and landlords / Wolf Liebeschuetz -- The Foederati / Timo Stickler -- Army and society in the late Roman world: a context for decline? / Michael Whitby -- Army and battle in the age of Justinian (527-65) / Hugh Elton.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Companion to the Roman army. Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell, 2007 ISBN 140512153X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781405121538
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Military history.
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Handboeken (vorm)
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Electronic books.
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Military history.
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Handboeken (vorm)
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Military history.
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Handboeken (vorm)
DOI:
10.1002/9780470996577
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470996577
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470996577
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470996577
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