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The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Warfare

Volume 2. Rome from the Late Republic to the Late Empire

Editors:
Philip Sabin, King's College London
Hans van Wees, University College London
Michael Whitby, University of Warwick

Harry Sidebottom, Boris Rankov, Adrian Goldsworthy, Catherine M. Gilliver, Dominic Rathbone, Richard Alston, Colin Adams, Mark Humphries, Hugh Elton, Michael Whitby, Philip Rance, Doug Lee, Andrew Fear

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Date Published: December 2007
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format: Hardback
isbn: 9780521782746

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Warfare was the single biggest preoccupation of historians in antiquity. In recent decades fresh textual interpretations, numerous new archaeological discoveries and a much broader analytical focus emphasising social, economic, political and cultural approaches have transformed our understanding of ancient warfare. Volume II of this two-volume History reflects these developments and provides a systematic account, written by a distinguished cast of contributors, of the various themes underlying the warfare of the Roman world from the Late Republic to the sixth-century empire of Justinian and his successors. For each broad period developments in troop-types, equipment, strategy and tactics are discussed. These are placed in the broader context of developments in international relations and the relationship of warfare to both the state and wider society. Numerous illustrations, a glossary and chronology, and information about the authors mentioned supplement the text. This will become the primary reference work for specialists and non-specialists alike.
- Provides a comprehensive survey of warfare in the ancient Greek and Roman worlds accessible to the non-specialist
- Reflects the most up-to-date approaches to the topic, in particular the social and economic dimensions of warfare and the experience of battle
- Written by a distinguished international team of editors and contributors
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Product details
- Date Published: December 2007
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521782746
- length: 630 pages
- dimensions: 233 x 160 x 39 mm
- weight: 1.132kg
- contains: 54 b/w illus. 7 maps
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Part I. The Late Republic and the Principate:
1. International relations Harry Sidebottom
2. Military forces Boris Rankov
3. War Adrian Goldsworthy
4. Combat Catherine M. Gilliver
5. Warfare and the state. (1) The economics of war Dominic Rathbone
(2) The military and politics Richard Alston
6. War and society Colin Adams
Part II: The Later Roman Empire:
7. International relations Mark Humphries
8. Military forces Hugh Elton
9. War Michael Whitby
10. Combat Philip Rance
11. Warfare and the state Doug Lee
12. War and society Andrew Fear
Chronological table
Glossary
List of ancient authors.
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Editors
Philip Sabin, King's College London
PHILIP SABIN is Professor of Strategic Studies in the Department of War Studies at King's College London. His main academic interest concerns the analytical modelling of conflict, and he is the author of Lost Battles: Reconstructing the Great Clashes of the Ancient World (2007) and co-editor (with Tim Cornell and Boris Rankov) of The Second Punic War: A Reappraisal (1996). He teaches and writes about the strategy and tactics of warfare from ancient times to the twenty-first century.
Hans van Wees, University College London
HANS VAN WEES is Professor of Ancient History at University College London. He is the author of Status Warriors: War, Violence and Society in Homer and History (1992) and Greek Warfare: Myths and Realities (2004) and editor of War and Violence in Ancient Greece (2000). He has co-edited (with Nick Fisher) Archaic Greece: New Approaches and New Evidence (1998), (with Egbert Bakker and Irene de Jong) Brill's Companion to Herodotus (2002) and (with Kurt Raaflaub) A Companion to Archaic Greece (forthcoming).
Michael Whitby, University of Warwick
MICHAEL WHITBY is Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Warwick. He is the co-editor of Volume XIV of The Cambridge Ancient History (2001) and author of Rome at War, AD 293-696 (2002) as well as several articles on late Roman warfare, and has made several television appearances talking about ancient warfare from the Graeco-Persian Wars to the collapse of the Roman Empire.
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Harry Sidebottom, Boris Rankov, Adrian Goldsworthy, Catherine M. Gilliver, Dominic Rathbone, Richard Alston, Colin Adams, Mark Humphries, Hugh Elton, Michael Whitby, Philip Rance, Doug Lee, Andrew Fear