Explores the wider social context of war, focusing on the changing relationship between warfare and the Roman citizen body; from the Republic, when war was at the heart of Roman life, to the Late Empire, and the Roman army's eventual failure.
Language
English
Pages
328
Format
Paperback
Release
June 24, 1993
ISBN 13
9780415121675
War and Society in the Roman World (Leicester-Nottingham Studies in Ancient Society)
Explores the wider social context of war, focusing on the changing relationship between warfare and the Roman citizen body; from the Republic, when war was at the heart of Roman life, to the Late Empire, and the Roman army's eventual failure.