Roman Republic At War

Author : Don Taylor
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473894440

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Descriptions of every significant battle fought by the Roman Republic between 480 and 31 BC—and most of the minor ones too: “Amazing” (Books Monthly). The information in each entry of this remarkable book is drawn exclusively from ancient texts in order to offer a brief description of each battle based solely on the information provided by the earliest surviving sources that chronicle the event. This approach provides the reader a concise foundation of information to which they can then confidently apply later scholarly interpretation presented in secondary sources, achieving a more accurate understanding of the most likely battlefield scenario. In writing the battle descriptions, the author has not sought to analyze the evidence contained in the surviving accounts, nor embellish them beyond that which was necessary to provide clarity to the modern reader. He allows the original writers to speak for themselves, presenting the reader with a succinct version of what the ancient chroniclers tell us of these dramatic events. It is an excellent first-stop reference to the many battles of the Roman Republic. “An indispensable reference guide for any student of the Roman military.” —The NYMAS Review

Author : Nathan Rosenstein
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2005-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807864104

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Rome at War by Nathan Rosenstein Pdf

Historians have long asserted that during and after the Hannibalic War, the Roman Republic's need to conscript men for long-term military service helped bring about the demise of Italy's small farms and that the misery of impoverished citizens then became fuel for the social and political conflagrations of the late republic. Nathan Rosenstein challenges this claim, showing how Rome reconciled the needs of war and agriculture throughout the middle republic. The key, Rosenstein argues, lies in recognizing the critical role of family formation. By analyzing models of families' needs for agricultural labor over their life cycles, he shows that families often had a surplus of manpower to meet the demands of military conscription. Did, then, Roman imperialism play any role in the social crisis of the later second century B.C.? Rosenstein argues that Roman warfare had critical demographic consequences that have gone unrecognized by previous historians: heavy military mortality paradoxically helped sustain a dramatic increase in the birthrate, ultimately leading to overpopulation and landlessness.

Author : Donathan Taylor
Publisher : Pen & Sword Military
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 1473894433

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Author : Jeremy Armstrong,Michael P. Fronda
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351063487

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Romans at War by Jeremy Armstrong,Michael P. Fronda Pdf

This volume addresses the fundamental importance of the army, warfare, and military service to the development of both the Roman Republic and wider Italic society in the second half of the first millennium BC. It brings together emerging and established scholars in the area of Roman military studies to engage with subjects such as the relationship between warfare and economic and demographic regimes; the interplay of war, aristocratic politics, and state formation; and the complex role the military played in the integration of Italy. The book demonstrates the centrality of war to Rome’s internal and external relationships during the Republic, as well as to the Romans’ sense of identity and history. It also illustrates the changing scholarly view of warfare as a social and cultural construct in antiquity, and how much work remains to be done in what is often thought of as a "traditional" area of research. Romans at War will be of interest to students and scholars of the Roman army and ancient warfare, and of Roman society more broadly.

Author : Ira Donathan Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 1473894425

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Roman Republic at War by Ira Donathan Taylor Pdf

* Catalogues and gives a brief description of every significant battle (and most insignificant ones too) known to have been fought by the Roman Republic. * Descriptions based exclusively on early sources, presenting the literary evidence as a basis for further study. * Each entry has a list of the sources relevant to the engagement. * Exc

Author : Dr John Rich,Graham Shipley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000158816

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War and Society in the Roman World by Dr John Rich,Graham Shipley Pdf

This volume focuses on the changing relationship between warfare and the Roman citizenry; from the Republic, when war was at the heart of Roman life, through to the Principate, when it was confined to professional soldiers, and to the Late Empire and the Roman army's eventual failure.

Author : Steele Brand
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781421429861

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Killing for the Republic by Steele Brand Pdf

A sweeping political and cultural history, Killing for the Republic closes with a compelling argument in favor of resurrecting the citizen-soldier ideal in modern America.

Author : Matthew Dillon,Christopher Matthew
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473889705

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Religion & Classical Warfare by Matthew Dillon,Christopher Matthew Pdf

This study looks at destroying the gods of Rome's enemies, wartime ceremonies, the role of women in Republican warfare and even the gruesome live burials of people during times of military crisis. Religion was integral to the conduct of war in the ancient world and the Romans were certainly no exception. No campaign was undertaken, no battle risked, without first making sacrifice to propitiate the appropriate gods (such as Mars, god of War) or consulting oracles and omens to divine their plans. Yet the link between war and religion is an area that has been regularly overlooked by modern scholars examining the conflicts of these times. This volume addresses that omission by drawing together the work of experts from across the globe. The chapters have been carefully structured by the editors so that this wide array of scholarship combines to give a coherent, comprehensive study of the role of religion in the wars of the Roman Republic. Aspects considered in depth will include: declarations of war; evocatio and taking gods away from enemies; dedications and ceremonies; the cult of the legionary eagle; the role of women in Republican warfare; omens and divination; live burials of people in times of military crisis; and the rituals of the Roman triumph.

Author : Edward J. Watts
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780465093823

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Mortal Republic by Edward J. Watts Pdf

Learn why the Roman Republic collapsed -- and how it could have continued to thrive -- with this insightful history from an award-winning author. In Mortal Republic, prize-winning historian Edward J. Watts offers a new history of the fall of the Roman Republic that explains why Rome exchanged freedom for autocracy. For centuries, even as Rome grew into the Mediterranean's premier military and political power, its governing institutions, parliamentary rules, and political customs successfully fostered negotiation and compromise. By the 130s BC, however, Rome's leaders increasingly used these same tools to cynically pursue individual gain and obstruct their opponents. As the center decayed and dysfunction grew, arguments between politicians gave way to political violence in the streets. The stage was set for destructive civil wars -- and ultimately the imperial reign of Augustus. The death of Rome's Republic was not inevitable. In Mortal Republic, Watts shows it died because it was allowed to, from thousands of small wounds inflicted by Romans who assumed that it would last forever.

Author : Dr Christopher J Dart
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472416766

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The Social War, 91 to 88 BCE by Dr Christopher J Dart Pdf

Ancient sources preserve scant information about the conflict, but The Social War (91-88 BCE) is widely recognised as having been immensely important in the unification of Roman Italy. In response to the conflicting accounts and contradictory interpretations of modern scholarship, this book provides a new, comprehensive reassessment of the events surrounding the Social War, analysing the immediate context of the conflict as well as its causes, legacy, and role in reshaping Roman and Italian identity.

Author : William Vernon Harris
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN : 0198148666

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War and Imperialism in Republican Rome, 327-70 B.C. by William Vernon Harris Pdf

Between 327 and 70 B.C. the Romans expanded their empire throughout the Mediterranean world. This highly original study looks at Roman attitudes and behavior that lay behind their quest for power. How did Romans respond to warfare, year after year? How important were the material gains of military success--land, slaves, and other riches--commonly supposed to have been merely an incidental result? What value is there in the claim of the contemporary historian Polybius that the Romans were driven by a greater and greater ambition to expand their empire? The author answers these questions within an analytic framework, and comes to an interpretation of Roman imperialism that differs sharply from the conventional ones.

Author : Paul Chrystal
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526710123

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Rome: Republic into Empire by Paul Chrystal Pdf

Rome: Republic into Empire looks at the political and social reasons why Rome repeatedly descended into civil war in the early 1st century BCE and why these conflicts continued for most of the century; it describes and examines the protagonists, their military skills, their political aims and the battles they fought and lost; it discusses the consequences of each battle and how the final conflict led to a seismic change in the Roman political system with the establishment of an autocratic empire. This is not just another arid chronological list of battles, their winners and their losers. Using a wide range of literary and archaeological evidence, Paul Chrystal offers a rare insight into the wars, battles and politics of this most turbulent and consequential of ancient world centuries; in so doing, it gives us an eloquent and exciting political, military and social history of ancient Rome during one of its most cataclysmic and crucial periods, explaining why and how the civil wars led to the establishment of one of the greatest empires the world has known.

Author : John K. Evans
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317810285

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War, Women and Children in Ancient Rome (Routledge Revivals) by John K. Evans Pdf

J.K. Evans’ pioneering work explores the profound changes in the social, economic and legal condition of Roman women, which, it is argued, were necessary consequences of two centuries of near-continuous warfare as Rome expanded from city-state to empire. Bridging the gap that has isolated the specialised studies of Roman women and children from the more traditional political and social concerns of historians, J.K. Evans’ investigation ranges from Cicero’s wife Terentia to the anonymous spouse of the peasant-soldier Ligustinus, charting the severe erosion of the very institutions that kept women and children in thrall. War, Women and Children in Ancient Rome will be of interest not only to classicists and historians of antiquity but also to sociologists and anthropologists, while it will similarly prove an indispensable reference work for historians of women and the family.

Author : Simon Elliott
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612008868

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Romans at War by Simon Elliott Pdf

A comprehensive guide to this remarkable ancient fighting force: “Groundbreaking insights into the Roman military . . . sumptuously illustrated.” —Love Reading The Roman military machine was pre-eminent in ancient times, projecting power across the known world over a vast chronology, and an increasingly huge and diverse geography. One of the most powerful instruments of war in the history of conflict, it proved uniquely adept at learning from setbacks, always coming back the stronger for it. In so doing, it displayed two of the most important traits associated with the world of Rome. Firstly grit, that key ability to remain steadfast and to overcome adversity even in the most challenging of circumstances, as faced for example by the Republic in the Second Punic War against Hannibal. Secondly, the ability to copy the successful technical and tactical innovations of their enemies, enabling the Roman military to always stay one step ahead of its opponents on campaign and in battle. In this grand tour, covering every aspect of the Roman military, leading expert Dr. Simon Elliott first provides a detailed background to the Roman Republic and Empire to provide context for all that follows. He then looks specifically at the Roman military in its three key chronological phases: the Republic, the Principate Empire, and the Dominate Empire. Next he forensically examines specific instances of the Roman military on campaign and in battle, and of its engineering prowess. Finally, he investigates the many enemies faced by the Roman Republic and Empire. This all provides a firm structure to enable the reader to come to grips with this incredible military machine, one whose exploits still resonate in the world to this very day.

Author : Ramon Jimenez
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2000-02-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015047551950

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Caesar Against Rome by Ramon Jimenez Pdf

Military historians will discover details about every facet of Roman warfare from weaponry to personnel policy, tactics, operations, and logistics."--BOOK JACKET.