Название: A Companion to the Roman Army Автор: Paul Erdkamp Издательство: Wiley-Blackwell Год: 2007 Формат: djvu Страниц: 601 Для сайта:LitMy Размер: 32.7 Мб Язык: English
This Companion provides an extensive account of the Roman army, exploring its role in Roman politics and society as well as the reasons for its effectiveness as a fighting force. An extensive account of the Roman army, from its beginnings to its transformation in the later Roman Empire Examines the army as a military machine – its recruitment, training, organization, tactics and weaponry Explores the relationship of the army to Roman politics, economics and society more broadly Considers the geography and climate of the lands in which the Romans fought Each chapter is written by a leading expert in a particular subfield and takes account of the latest scholarly and archaeological research in that area.
Illustrations......Page 11 Notes on Contributors......Page 13 Abbreviations of ReferenceWorks and Journals......Page 18 Abbreviations of Works ofClassical Literature......Page 23 Introduction......Page 28 PART I Early Rome......Page 32 CHAPTER ONE Warfare and the Armyin Early Rome......Page 34 CHAPTER TWO The Army and CenturiateOrganization in Early Rome......Page 51 PART II Mid- and Late Republic......Page 70 CHAPTER THREE Army and BattleDuring the Conquest ofItaly (350–264 bc)......Page 72 CHAPTER FOUR The Age of Overseas Expansion (264–146 bc)......Page 90 CHAPTER FIVE The Late Republican Army (146–30 bc)......Page 107 CHAPTER SIX War and State Formationin the Roman Republic......Page 123 CHAPTER SEVEN Roman Manpowe rand Recruitment Duringthe Middle Republic......Page 141 CHAPTER EIGHT Military Command,Political Power, and theRepublican Elite......Page 159 CHAPTER NINE Colonization,Land Distribution,and Veteran Settlement......Page 175 CHAPTER TEN Army and General in theLate Roman Republic......Page 191 PART III The Empire(Actium to Adrianople)......Page 208 CHAPTER ELEVEN The Augustan Reformand the Structure of theImperial Army......Page 210 CHAPTER TWELVE Classes. The Evolution of theRoman Imperial Fleets......Page 228 CHAPTER THIRTEEN Battle, Tactics,and the Emergence of the Limites in the West......Page 245 CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Army and the Limesin the East......Page 262 CHAPTER FIFTEEN Strategy and Army Structure between Septimius Severus and Constantine the Great......Page 294 CHAPTER SIXTEEN Military Documents, Languages, and Literacy......Page 313 CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Finances and Costsof the Roman Army......Page 333 CHAPTER EIGHTEEN War- and Peacetime Logistics:Supplying Imperial Armiesin East and West......Page 350 CHAPTER NINETEEN The Roman Armyand Propaganda......Page 366 CHAPTER TWENTY The Army and the Urban Elite:A Competition for Power......Page 386 CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Making Emperors.Imperial Instrument orIndependent Force?......Page 406 CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Military Camps,Canabae, and Vici. TheArchaeological Evidence......Page 422 CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE Marriage, Families, andSurvival: Demographic Aspects......Page 444 CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR Recruits and Veterans......Page 462 CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE The Religions of the Armies......Page 478 PART IV The Late Roman Empire (up to Justinian)......Page 504 CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Warlords and Landlords......Page 506 CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN The Foederati......Page 522 CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT Army and Society inthe Late Roman World:A Context for Decline?......Page 542 CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE Army and Battle in theAge of Justinian (527–65)......Page 559 Index locorum......Page 578 Index......Page 582
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