Roman Army and Military

ISBN: 9781789251845
Published by : Oxbow Books
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Compared to modern standard, the Roman army of the imperial era was surprisingly small. However, when assessed in terms of their various tasks, they by far outstrip modern armies – acting not only as an armed power of the state in external and int... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780691167107
Published by : Princeton University Press
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A new account of the famous site and story of the last stand of a group of Jewish rebels who held out against the Roman Empire Two thousand years ago, 967 Jewish men, women, and children--the last holdouts of the revolt against Rome following the... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781526745217
Published by : Pen & Sword
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This is the only fully illustrated military life of the Emperor Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus (253-268). Considered the most blatantly military man of all of the soldier emperors of the third century, Gallienus is the emperor in Harry Sidebo... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781526718174
Published by : Pen & Sword
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In the year AD 9, three Roman legions were crushed by the German warlord Arminius in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. This event is well-known, but there was another uprising that Rome faced shortly before, which lasted from AD 6 to 9, and was ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781472831200
Published by : Osprey
Series: Campaign
Volume: 329
In the aftermath of the murder of Gaius Julius Caesar, his self-declared successor Mark Antony struggled to hold together his legacy. Following an abortive coup attempt by Caesar's adopted son Octavian, two of Antony's legions declared for him, le... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781784919528
Published by : Archaeopress
Over the last decades, discussions about the functions of the Roman army in frontier areas have contributed to a complex understanding of the military and its interactions with local geographies and peoples throughout the Empire. Nevertheless, in ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781472830043
Published by : Osprey
Series: Elite
Volume: 225
From the army of Marc Antony in the 1st century BC, Roman generals hired Oriental heavy armoured cavalry to serve in their military alongside the legions. These troops, both from the northern steppes and the Persian frontiers, continued an ancient... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789004383333
Published by : Brill
Series: Amsterdam Studies in Classical Philology
Volume: 29
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In this collected volume fourteen experts in the fields of Classics and Ancient History study the textual strategies used by Herodotus and Livy when recounting the disastrous battles at Thermopylae and Cannae. Literary, linguistic and historical a... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781783831845
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
The words Pax Augusta - or Pax Romana - evoke a period of uninterrupted peace across the vast Roman Empire. Lindsay Powell exposes this as a fallacy. Almost every year between 31 BC and AD 14 the Roman Army was in action somewhere, either fighting... .... Learn More