When Iron Discipline Met Human Ambition Understanding Roman Military Power Through the Lives, Decisions, and Daily Realities of the Legions, 264 BCE–476 CE
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Altersempfehlung
1 - 99 Jahr(e)
Erscheinungsdatum
27.01.2026
Verlag
EpubliSeitenzahl
228
Maße (L/B/H)
29.7/21/1.4 cm
Gewicht
699 g
Auflage
1
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-3-565-19858-0
This book follows the Roman military machine from the Punic Wars through the fall of the Western Empire, examining not just famous battles but the everyday decisions that shaped conquest: how centurions maintained discipline in distant provinces, how engineers adapted siege tactics to unfamiliar terrain, how supply lines determined strategic choices, and how soldiers' letters home reveal the psychological toll of endless expansion.
Drawing on archaeological evidence, military correspondence, and ancient testimony, it traces how the legion evolved—from citizen militia to professional standing army—and what that transformation reveals about power, loyalty, and the limits of institutional control. It explores how tactical flexibility coexisted with rigid hierarchy, how Roman commanders learned from enemies, and how the very success of the military system eventually contributed to imperial fragmentation.
This is not a story of inevitable triumph, but of human ingenuity, adaptation, and the uncomfortable relationship between military efficiency and the societies it served.
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