A companion to the Roman army (ajánló)
"This book is a valuable work for the reference shelf and a bible for military buffs."
Greece & Rome
This volume is another in the growing range of period- or topic-focused Companions to the Ancient World published by Blackwell. The Roman army, as a central institution and influence in so many aspects of Roman imperial history, is an obvious subject for such a volume. Like other volumes in the series, this one boasts an impressive range of international authors, and the scholarship is of a very high order."
New England Classical Journal
"It is no easy task to commission and co-ordinate 29 separate contributions, and the editor's energy in doing so should be recognized. The volume will happily sit on an academic bookshelf as a handy compendium of the views of the individual authors."
Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"The most extensive and likely best researched overview on the Roman army that is currently available."
Ancient Warfare
"Highly readable, informative, and up-to-date survey... .The book constitutes an outstanding resource for many topics concerning the Roman army ... there is much to interest laymen and scholars alike."
Choice
"It is particularly valuable in providing up-to-date accounts of the army's manifold aspect and the bibliographies to support them."
Scholia Reviews
Ancient Rome was a highly militaristic culture, at war almost annually throughout the period of the republic. The expert contributors to this volume delve into this culture, offering an extensive account of the Roman army, from its beginnings to its transformation in the later Roman Empire. Taking account of the latest scholarly and archaeological research, they examine the recruitment. training, organization, tactics, and weaponry that contributed to Rome's effectiveness as a fighting machine.
The volume recognizes that, as a military force, the Roman army functioned in a landscape and was an integral part of Roman politics and society. The contributors therefore also explore the ecological, economic, social, and political factors that help to explain the characteristic features of the army and its development over time, covering such topics as: demography and manpower, the army as a community, the religions of the soldiers, the emperor as military commander, and veterans in society.
Paul Erdkamp is Research Fellow in Ancient History at Leiden University. He is author of Hunger and the Sword: Warfare and Food Supply in Roman Republican Wars (264–50 BC) (1998) and The Grain Market in the Roman Empire (2005), and editor of The Roman Army and the Economy (2002).
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