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Gladius: Living, Fighting and Dying in the Roman Army by Guy de la Bedoyere (Paperback, 2021)
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The Roman army was the greatest fighting machine the ancient world produced. The Roman Empire depended on soldiers not just to win its wars, defend its frontiers and control the seas but also to act as the engine of the state. Roman legionaries and auxiliaries came from across the Roman world and beyond. They served as tax collectors, policemen, surveyors, civil engineers and, if they survived, in retirement as civic worthies, craftsmen and politicians. Some even rose to become emperors. Gladius takes the reader right into the heart of what it meant to be a part of the Roman army through the words of Roman historians, and those of the men themselves through their religious dedications, tombstones, and even private letters and graffiti. Guy de la Bedoyere throws open a window on how the men, their wives and their children lived, from bleak frontier garrisons to guarding the emperor in Rome, enjoying a ringside seat to history fighting the emperors' wars, mutinying over pay, marching in triumphs, throwing their weight around in city streets, and enjoying esteem in honorable retirement.Product Identifiers
PublisherLittle, Brown Book Group
ISBN-139780349143910
eBay Product ID (ePID)5049051174
Product Key Features
Number of Pages528 Pages
Publication NameGladius: Living, Fighting and Dying in the Roman Army
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory
Publication Year2021
TypeTextbook
AuthorGuy De La Bedoyere
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height196 mm
Item Weight440 g
Item Width126 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorGuy De La Bedoyere
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