Format:
Online-Ressource (xxvii, 317 p)
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ill., maps
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25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0714654809
Series Statement:
Studies in Intelligence
Content:
Intelligence activities have always been an integral part of statecraft, and this book looks at how the Romans used intelligence to maintain their empire's security
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [290]-309) and index
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Contents; Maps and illustrations; Maps; Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the author; Chronology; Abbreviations; Part I The Republic; Introduction: intelligence ancient and modern; Notes; 1 Trust in the gods, but verify; Intelligence and religion; Scouting and reconnaissance; Sources: prisoners, traitors, deserters, and exiles; Spies; Diversion, deception, and disinformation; Rome in transition; Notes; 2 Rome conquers Italy: methods and motives; Military intelligence 509-264 BC; Spies and scouts; Transmission; New institutions; Colonies and intelligence
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Strategic intelligence and foreign policyDeception, stratagem, deceit, subterfuge; The early and middle Republic; Notes; 3 Hannibal's spies; Hannibal's war; Intelligence and psychological warfare; The road to defeat; The war moves to Africa; Winning the battles but losing the war67; Notes; 4 Diplomat, trader, messenger, client, spy: Rome's eyes and ears in the East; Diplomats; Traders; Messengers; Clientelae; Rome's eyes and ears; Notes; 5 The high price of failure: Crassus and the Parthians; The peaceful Parthians; The Roman invasion; The Battle of Carrhae; Notes; 6 Caesar goes to Britain1
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The targetPlanning considerations; Clearing the English Channel; Embarkation; The arrival; The invasion, 54 BC; The pursuit; Success or failure?; Notes; 7 Julius Caesar and the end of the Roman Republic; Scouts and reconnaissance; Spies and espionage; Traitors, prisoners of war, and deserters; Nonmilitary sources: ambassadors, diplomats, merchants, and aristocrats; Communications security: codes, ciphers, secret messages, and transmission; Defensive counterintelligence: Installation security; Operations security and censorship; Offensive counterintelligence: Deception
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Psychological operationsSpeed; Learning tradecraft; Caesar and the end of the Republic; Notes; Part II The Empire; 8 The Augustan revolution: communications and internal security; The cursus publicus; Geographical intelligence; Internal security; Private spies: the delatores; The vigiles; The army as police; Security in the provinces; Censorship; The Augustan system and the loss of liberty; Notes; 9 Roman military intelligence; Speculatores; Exploratores; Allies as intelligence sources; Notes; 10 Intelligence systems failure: the slaughter of Varus in the Teutoburgerwald1
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Publius Quinctilius VarusArminius: Hermann the German; The setting; The location31; The evidence; The reconstructed narrative; Miscalculations; The results; Notes; 11 Transmission and signaling; Messages by courier; Fire and smoke signals; Codes; Semaphore; Hadrian's wall: the stanegate phase; Hadrian's wall: the wall fort phase; Hadrian's wall: the outpost forts; Cumberland coast defenses; Stainmore Pass; Gask ridge system; Antonine wall; Intelligence on the British frontier; Wetterau Limes; Northern Zone; Southern Zone; Upper German-Raetian border; Ongoing research; Roman SIGINT; Notes
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12 The Roman secret service
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780203005569
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780714654805
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Intelligence Activities in Ancient Rome : Trust in the Gods But Verify
Language:
English
