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Storming the Heavens - Soldiers, Emperors, and Civilians in the Roman Empire (Paperback)
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Storming the Heavens - Soldiers, Emperors, and Civilians in the Roman Empire (Paperback)
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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.
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