[Routledge] Warfare and History - War and Society in Imperial Rome 31 BC - AD 284 - Campbell.pdf

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3111 This well-documented study of the Roman army provides a crucial aid to
4 understanding the Roman Empire in economic, social and political terms.
5 The army was a dominant factor in the life of the Roman people even
6 in times of were stationed in the provinces, perpetually ready
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8 When Augustus established a permanent, professional army, this implied
9 a role for the emperor as a military leader. War and Society in Imperial Rome
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1 that the emperor’s political survival ultimately depended on the army.
2 Dealing with issues such as motives for waging war, the soldiers’ social
3 background, methods of fighting and anization, Brian Campbell
4 explores the wider significance of the army and warfare in Roman life
5 and culture. This superbly researched survey is based on a wide range of
6 evidence including writers, inscriptions, coins and buildings. It provides
7 students with an invaluable guide to this important subject.
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9 Brian Campbell is Professor of Roman History and Head of the School
30111 of Classics and Ancient History at the Queen’s University of Belfast. He
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2 Emperor and the Roman Army 31 BC–AD 235 (1984) and The Roman Army:
3 A Sourcebook 31 BC–AD 337 (1994).
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WARFARE AND HISTORY
General Editor: Jeremy Black
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AIR POWER IN THE AGE OF NAVAL WARFARE, 1815–1914
4 TOTAL WAR Lawrence Sondhaus
5 John Buckley
OTTOMAN WARFARE,
6 THE ARMIES OF THE CALIPHS
Military and Society in the Early Islamic State 1500–1700
7 Hugh Kennedy Rhoads Murphey
8 THE BALKAN WARS, 1912–1913 SEAPOWER AND NAVAL
9 Prelude to the First World War WARFARE, 1650–1830
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