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The Roman Army at War, 100 BC-AD 200 (Oxford Classical Monographs (Paperback)) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The Roman Army at War, 100 BC-AD 200An examination of the way the Roman army operated during a war and how it fought a battle. The book explores the influence of the Roman army's campaign tactics on its organization, its flexibility, weaponry and leadership, concluding that it was able to adapt to any type of warfare.
Full description- Publisher: Clarendon Press
- Published: 03 September 1998
- Format: Paperback 326 pages
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- Categories: Land Forces & Warfare | Weapons & Equipment | European History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Classical History / Classical Civilisation | Military History
- ISBN 13: 9780198150909 ISBN 10: 0198150903
- Sales rank: 104,661
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Full description for The Roman Army at War, 100 BC-AD 200
This detailed examination of the way in which the Roman army operated during a war and how it fought a battle breaks away from existing studies, which mostly concentrate on the army in peacetime, and attempts to understand the army as an institution whose ultimate purpose was to wage war. Adrian Goldsworthy explores the influence to the Roman army's organization on its behaviour during a campaign, emphasizing its great flexibility in comparison to most of its opponents. He considers the factors determining the result of a conflict and proposes, contrary to orthodox opinion, that the Roman army was able to adapt successfully to any type of warfare. Following the technique pioneered by John Keegan in The Face of Battle (1976), Dr Goldsworthy builds up a precise picture of what happened during battle: tactics employed, weaponry, leadership, behaviour of individuals as well as groups of soldiers, and, of utmost importance, morale.
