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Gladius - The World of the Roman Soldier (Hardcover)
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Gladius - The World of the Roman Soldier (Hardcover)
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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 Bedoyere 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.
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