War and Society in the Roman World (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Rich, John; Shipley, Graham; Rich, John

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The essays in "War and Society in the Roman World" collectively offer an innovative investigation into this area of classical studies, a field which has long been in need of different critical perspectives. This collection avoids rehashing the minutiae of warfare, viewing it instead as a species of social action, affected by social conditions and ideologies, and having social, economic and cultural consequences.
The central theme of this volume is the shifting relationship between warfare and the Roman citizen body. The dominant role of war in Roman life under the Republic is examined, together with the related themes of Roman expansion and its consequences both for the Romans and for those they conquered. Under the principate, expansion largely ended, and the inhabitants of the empire enjoyed the Roman peace, protected by a professional army. A number of chapters focus on these changes, explaining how they came about, analyzing their effect on attitudes to war and probing the extent to which peace was a reality. The final chapters study the Late Empire in terms of the rise of warlords and, in the West, the final disappearance of the Roman army.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134919901
• Artikelnr.: 42822730

Autorenporträt

John Rich (Edited by) , Graham Shipley (Edited by)

Inhaltsangabe

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