Killing for the Republic : Citizen-Soldiers and the Roman Way of War /

"This book describes how Rome conquered the world with citizen-soldiers. Like many expansionist states throughout history, Rome instilled something violent and vicious in its soldiers, making them more effective than their opponents. But unlike other civilizations, it did so with part-timers. T...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Brand, Steele
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Armed Forces.
Military art and science.
Military art and science > Rome > History.
Armies > Rome > Republic, 510-30 B.C.
Ciencia militar > Roma > Historia.
Ejercito > Roma > 510-30 a.C., República.
Ejercitos > Roma.
Military art and science > Rome.
Rome (Empire)
Rome > Military history > Republic, 510-30 B.C.
Roma > Historia militar > 510-30 a.C., República.
Roma > Historia > 0030 a.C.-0284 (Imperio)
Rome > History, Military.
Rome > Army.
Military history.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"This book describes how Rome conquered the world with citizen-soldiers. Like many expansionist states throughout history, Rome instilled something violent and vicious in its soldiers, making them more effective than their opponents. But unlike other civilizations, it did so with part-timers. The Romans perfected civic militarism in a way no other civilization has. It transformed average farmers into ambitious killers capable of conquering the Mediterranean"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (392 pages): mapas, gráficos ;
ISBN:9781421429878

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