Guy de la Bédoyère

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Gladius: The World of the Roman SoldierHardcover, 4 December 2020

Gladius: The World of the Roman Soldier
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Print Length
526 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Date Published
4 Dec 2020
ISBN-10
022675023X
ISBN-13
9780226750231

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Gladius delivers a stunning ground-level recreation of what it was like to be a soldier in the fighting force that made the Roman Empire.
Empire.

The Roman army was the greatest fighting machine in the ancient world. More than that, it was the single largest organization in Western antiquity, taking in members from all classes, from senators to freed slaves. The Roman Empire depended on its army not just to win its wars, defend its frontiers, and control the seas, but to act as the very engine of the state.

In Gladius, Guy de la Bédoyère takes us straight to the heart of what it meant to be a part of the Roman army. Rather than a history of the army itself, or a guide to military organization and fighting methods, this book is a ground-level recreation of what it was like to be a soldier in the army that made the empire. Surveying numerous aspects of life in the Roman army between 264 BCE and 337 CE, Gladius--the Latin word for sword--draws not only on the words of famed Roman historians, but also those of the soldiers themselves, as recorded in their religious dedications, tombstones, and even private letters and graffiti. Gladius reveals the everyday life of these soldiers and their families, whether stationed in a bleak frontier garrison in Britain or North Africa, tasked with guarding the emperor in Rome, fighting on foreign battlefields, mutinying over pay, marching in triumph, throwing their weight around on city streets, or enjoying esteem in honorable retirement.

By illuminating the history of one organization that reflected all corners of the Roman world, Gladius gives us a portrait of an ancient society that is unprecedented in both its broad sweep and gritty intimacy.

Product Details

Author:
Guy de la Bédoyère
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
4 December 2020
Dimensions:
23.11 x 15.49 x 4.32 cm
ISBN-10:
022675023X
ISBN-13:
9780226750231
Language:
English
Pages:
526
Weight:
1020.58 gm

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