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Defending Rome: The Masters of the Soldiers

Author : Julian Reynolds
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 147716460X
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (771 download)

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Download or read book Defending Rome: The Masters of the Soldiers written by Julian Reynolds and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-06-25 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For its last eighty years, the Western Roman Empire was ruled by emperors who were unable to provide the leadership demanded by the crisis the Empire faced throughout this period. Power was exercised instead by the commanders of the Western armies, the magisteri militum or Masters of the Soldiers, four of whom stood out – Stilicho, Constantius, Aetius and Ricimer. Challenged by barbarian invasions, constantly diminishing resources, and indifference and sometimes hostility from the imperial court, the Senate and the Roman people, these men prolonged the existence of the Empire in the West beyond what would otherwise have been its natural span. This book tells the story of the collapse of the Western Empire, as seen through the lives of these individuals, a collapse that ended more than political and military structures, that encompassed the end of an ancient pagan culture and the inception of the age of Christianity.

Policing the Roman Empire

Author : Christopher J. Fuhrmann
Publisher : OUP USA
ISBN 13 : 0199737843
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book Policing the Roman Empire written by Christopher J. Fuhrmann and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2012-01-12 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on a wide variety of source material from art archaeology, administrative documents, Egyptian papyri, laws Jewish and Christian religious texts and ancient narratives this book provides a comprehensive overview of Roman imperial policing practices.

Gaiseric

Author : Ian Hughes
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1473890292
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book Gaiseric written by Ian Hughes and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2017-07-30 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While Gaiseric has not become a household name like other 'barbarian' leaders such as Attila or Genghis Khan, his sack of Rome in AD455 has made his tribe, the Vandals, synonymous with mindless destruction. Gaiseric, however, was no moronic thug, proving himself a highly skilful political and military leader and was one of the dominant forces in Western Mediterranean region for almost half a century.The book starts with a concise history of the Vandals before Gaiseric's reign and analyses the tactics and weaponry with which they carved a path across the Western Roman Empire to Spain. It was in Spain that Gaiseric became their king and he that led the Vandals across the straits of Gibraltar to seize a new home in North Africa, depriving Rome of one of its most important remaining provinces and a key source of grain. Roman attempts at reconquest were defeated and the Balearic Islands, Sicily, Corsica and Sardinia were all added to Gaiseric's kingdom. His son, Huneric, was even betrothed to Eudoxia, daughter of the Emperor Valentinian III and it was her appeal for help after her father's murder that led Gaiseric to invade and sack Rome. He took Eudoxia and the other imperial ladies back to Africa with him, subsequently defeating further attempts by the Eastern Roman Empire to recapture the vital North African territory. Ian Hughes' analysis of the Gaiseric as king and general reveals him as the barbarian who did more than anyone else to bring down the Western Roman Empire, but also as a great leader in his own right and one of the most significant men of his age.

Masters of Command

Author : Barry Strauss
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439164495
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Masters of Command written by Barry Strauss and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-05-21 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzes the leadership and strategies of three forefront military leaders from the ancient world, offers insight into the purposes behind their conflicts, and shows what today's leaders can glean from their successes and failures.

The Military Institutions of the Romans

Author : Vegetius
Publisher : Tales End Press
ISBN 13 : 1623580439
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (235 download)

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Download or read book The Military Institutions of the Romans written by Vegetius and published by Tales End Press. This book was released on 2012-08-10 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Also known as “De Re Militari” (On Military Matters), this is the only handbook of Roman warfare to survive to modern times. Written when the power of the Roman empire was already waning, it was intended to educate a new emperor on the capabilities of the Roman legions. Vegetius touches on all military matters, including the selection and training of recruits, the importance of logistics and supply, how to develop leadership qualities, the maintenance of army discipline, the use of arms and armor, and various battlefield tactics. It is also the source of many military and political maxims still used to this day, including “He who aspires to peace should prepare for war,” and “Few men are born brave; many become so through training and force of discipline.” Copied and recopied countless times, it was required military reading until the advent of gunpowder, and has been carried into battle by kings and generals.

The Military Institutions of the Romans

Author : Flavius Vegetius Renatus
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1365714292
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (657 download)

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Download or read book The Military Institutions of the Romans written by Flavius Vegetius Renatus and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Military Institutions of the Romans (De Re Militari - "Concerning Military Matters") is a treatise by the late Latin writer Flavius Renatus about Roman warfare and military principles as a presentation of methods and practices in use during the height of Rome's power. Renatus emphasized things such as training of soldiers as a disciplined force, orderly strategy, maintenance of supply lines and logistics, quality leadership and use of tactics and even deceit to ensure advantage over the opposition.

The Technology of Ancient Rome

Author : Charles W. Maynard
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 9781404205567
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book The Technology of Ancient Rome written by Charles W. Maynard and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2006-01-15 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the technology developed and used in the Roman Empire, including technology involving agriculture, transportation, construction, communication, and medicine.

Graeco-Roman Antiquity and the Idea of Nationalism in the 19th Century

Author : Thorsten Fögen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110473038
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Graeco-Roman Antiquity and the Idea of Nationalism in the 19th Century written by Thorsten Fögen and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-05-24 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interdisciplinary volume explains the phenomenon of nationalism in nineteenth-century Europe through the prism of Graeco-Roman antiquity. Through a series of case studies covering a broad range of source material, it demonstrates the different purposes the heritage of the classical world was put to during a turbulent period in European history. Contributors include classicists, historians, archaeologists, art historians and others.

Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mercenaries and their Masters

Author : Michael Mallett
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1848840314
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book Mercenaries and their Masters written by Michael Mallett and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2009-08-19 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael MallettÕs classic study of Renaissance warfare in Italy is as relevant today as it was when it was first published a generation ago. His lucid account of the age of the condottieri - the mercenary captains of fortune - and of the soldiers who fought under them is set in the wider context of the Italian society of the time and of the warring city-states who employed them. A fascinating picture emerges of the mercenaries themselves, of their commanders and their campaigns, but also of the way in which war was organized and practiced in the Renaissance world. The book concentrates on the fifteenth century, a confused period of turbulence and transition when standing armies were formed in Italy and more modern types of military organization took hold across Europe. But it also looks back to the middle ages and the fourteenth century, and forward to the Italian wars of the sixteenth century when foreign armies disputed the European balance of power on Italian soil. Michael MallettÕs pioneering study, which embodies much scholarly research into this neglected, often misunderstood subject, is essential reading for any one who is keen to understand the history of warfare in the late medieval period and the Renaissance.

Rome

Author : Neil Faulkner
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317905245
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Rome written by Neil Faulkner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Roman Empire is widely admired as a model of civilisation. In this compelling new study Neil Faulkner argues that in fact, it was nothing more than a ruthless system of robbery and violence. War was used to enrich the state, the imperial ruling classes and favoured client groups. In the process millions of people were killed or enslaved. Within the empire the landowning elite creamed off the wealth of the countryside to pay taxes to the state and fund the towns and villas where they lived. The masses of people – slaves, serfs and poor peasants – were victims of a grand exploitation that made the empire possible. This system, riddled with tension and latent conflict, contained the seeds of its own eventual collapse.

The Military Institutions of the Romans

Author : Vegetius
Publisher : Martino Fine Books
ISBN 13 : 9781614270553
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book The Military Institutions of the Romans written by Vegetius and published by Martino Fine Books. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2011 Reprint of 1940 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Originally published in "Roots of Strategy," by the Military Service Publishing Company, 1940. The only Latin art of war to survive, Vegetius' treatise was for long an essential part of the medieval prince's military education. The core of his proposals, the maintenance of a highly-trained professional standing army and navy, was revolutionary for medieval Europe, while his theory of deterrence through strength remains the foundation of modern Western defense policy. The work was written just before the fall of the Roman Empire in the West, at a time when economic weakness and political disintegration threatened to undermine the strategic defensive structure that had underpinned the Roman State for so long. The main thrust of his reforms was to confront the problems of the fragmentation of the army, the barbarization of its personnel, the loss of professional skills, and the substitution of mercenaries for standing forces. The accent of the work is on the practicalities of recruiting and training new model armies (and navies) starting from scratch, and on the strategies appropriate to their use against the barbarian invaders of the period.

Storming The Heavens

Author : Antonio Santosuosso
Publisher : Westview Press
ISBN 13 : 0786743549
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book Storming The Heavens written by Antonio Santosuosso and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 2008-12-15 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the closing years of the second century B.C., the ancient world watched as the Roman armies maintained clear superiority over all they surveyed. But, social turmoil prevailed at the heart of her territories, led by an increasing number of dispossessed farmers, too little manpower for the army, and an inevitable conflict with the allies who had fought side by side with the Romans to establish Roman dominion. Storming the Heavens looks at this dramatic history from a variety of angles. What changed most radically, Santosuosso argues, was the behavior of soldiers in the Roman armies. The troops became the enemies within, their pillage and slaughter of fellow citizens indiscriminate, their loyalty not to the Republic but to their leaders, as long as they were ample providers of booty. By opening the military ranks to all, the new army abandoned its role as depository of the values of the upper classes and the propertied. Instead, it became an institution of the poor and drain on the power of the Empire. Santosuosso also investigates other topics, such as the monopoly of military power in the hands of a few, the connection between the armed forces and the cherished values of the state, the manipulation of the lower classes so that they would accept the view of life, control, and power dictated by the oligarchy, and the subjugation and dehumanization of subject peoples, whether they be Gauls, Britons, Germans, Africans, or even the Romans themselves.

Gladius

Author : Guy de La Bédoyère
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781408712405
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (124 download)

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Download or read book Gladius written by Guy de La Bédoyère and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-05 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Bédoyère 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.

Royal Portrait Gallery

Author : Royal portrait gallery
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Royal Portrait Gallery written by Royal portrait gallery and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Our Old World Background

Author : Charles Austin Beard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Our Old World Background written by Charles Austin Beard and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Military History of Late Rome 565–602

Author : Ilkka Syvänne
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
ISBN 13 : 1473872200
Total Pages : 696 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book Military History of Late Rome 565–602 written by Ilkka Syvänne and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2022-09-21 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh analysis of the Roman Empire in the aftermath of the reconquests of Justinian I. It is often claimed that Justinian overstretched the Roman resources, but the analysis in Military History of Late Rome 565-602 proves that view wrong. It demonstrates that the initial troubles were largely the result of the mistakes of Justin II, and that his successors, Tiberius II and Maurice, not only restored its fortunes but were, at the time of Maurice’s death, actually poised to complete the reconquests of Justinian. It was thanks to the reforms of Maurice, which were codified in the military treatise the Strategikon, that the Roman army had achieved a position of relative superiority over all of its enemies—so that by 602 the Romans had decisively defeated the Persians, Slavs, and Avars. These gains, however, were lost when Maurice was murdered in a military mutiny that brought Phocas to power. This volume explains why the Roman army overthrew one of the greatest Roman emperors who ever lived. This was an era of epic battles, so the author also pays particular attention to the period tactics and analyzes all the period battles in great detail. These include such battles as Melitene, Constantia, Sirmium, Nymphius River, Solanchon, Lake Urmiah, Plain of Canzak, Iatrus, and the epic battles of Priscus and Comentiolus in the Balkans. Praise for Military History of Late Rome 425–457 “An outstanding work . . . [the series] gives us a very good picture of the long process that has come to be known as the ‘Fall of Rome.’ This is an invaluable read for anyone with an interest in Late Antiquity.” —The NYMAS Review