War and Society in the Roman World

This volume focuses on the changing relationship between warfare and the Roman citizenry; from the Republic, when war was at the heart of Roman life, through to the Principate, when it was confined to professional soldiers, and to the Late Empire and the Roman army's eventual failure.

List of contents

David Braund, University of Exeter; Brian Campbell Queen's University of Belfast; Duncan Cloud, University of Leicester; Tim Cornell, University College, London; Wolfgang Liebeschuetz, University of Nottingham; Stephen Oakley, Emmanuel College, Cambridge; John Patterson, Magdalene College, Cambridge; John Rich, University of Nottingham; Harry Sidebottom, Christi College, Oxford; Dick Whittaker, Churchill College, Cambridge; Greg Woolf, Magdalen College, Oxford; Adam Ziolkowski, University of Warsaw

About the author

Dr. John Rich and Graham Shipley

Summary

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.

Additional text

`The papers are of a high standard of originality and scholarship and form an important contribution to a field of study increasingly at the centre of ancient history' - Greece and Rome

Product details

• Authors: Dr John Rich, John Rich, John Rich Rich, John Shipley Rich, Graham Shipley
• Assisted by: Rich (Editor), Dr John Rich (Editor), John Rich (Editor), Graham Shipley (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.1995
• EAN: 9780415121675
• ISBN: 978-0-415-12167-5
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Leicester-Nottingham Studies i; Leicester-Nottingham Studies in Ancient Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration