War in Late Antiquity

by: Lee, A.D.

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War in late antiquity : a social history
Author:A. D. Lee

Summary:This book Explores the implications of war and the army in a broad range of areas encompassing politics, the economy, and social life; Pays particular attention to the experience of war from the perspective of non-combatants; Investigates the religious dimension of military life and the role of the army in implementing religious policy; Approaches familiar subjects from new perspectives, offering novel insights into the many facets of late Roman history.

Series:
Ancient world at war

xxv, 282 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Preface
List of tables
List of illustrations
List of maps
Acknowledgements
Selected Roman emperors during late antiquity
Selected Persian kings during late antiquity
Table of important events
Glossary
Abbreviations
INTRODUCTION
1. War and its causes in late antiquity: an overview
2. The evolution of the late Roman army: an outline
3. Ancient sources for war and the army in late antiquity: a guide

1 EMPERORS AND WARFARE
1. Changing patterns of imperial involvement in warfare
1.1 The later third century: the advent of soldier emperors
1.2 The fourth century: military experience vs. heredity
1.3 The fifth and sixth centuries: non-campaigning emperors
2. The unchanging ideology of victory
2.1 Verbal media
2.2 Visual media
2 CIVIL WAR AND MILITARY LOYALTIES
1. Retaining soldiers¿ loyalties
1.1 Rituals of initiation
1.2 Material incentives
1.3 Symbolic gestures of identification
2. Civil war, usurpation and mutiny
3 THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF WAR
1. Manpower
1.1 Making up the numbers: army size and its implications
1.2 Sources and mechanisms of recruitment
2. Supplying the army
2.1 Food and money
2.2 Matériel
2.3 Campaign logistics
3. Fortifications
4 THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF WAR
1. Economic benefits of war
2. Economic costs of war
2.1 The costs of defeat
2.2 The costs of being invaded: A. Thrace and the lower Danube; B. Northern
Mesopotamia and Syria; C. Northern Gaul; D. Italy; E. Summary
2.3 The costs of lost territory
2.4 The costs of peace
5 THE EXPERIENCE OF WAR
1. Soldiers
2. Urban communities
3. Rural communities
4. Women
6 SOLDIERS AND SOCIETY
1. Soldiers and their families
2. Interaction between military and non-military elites
3. Military/civilian interaction at non-elite levels
7 ARMY, WARFARE AND RELIGION
1. The changing religious complexion of the army
1.1 Before Constantine
1.2 The fourth century
1.3 The fifth and sixth centuries
2. The army and religious policy
2.1 The army and persecution
2.2 The army and church controversies
3. A Christian empire at war
3.1 Religiously-motivated warfare in late antiquity
3.2 Christianity and Roman military effectiveness
Bibliography of ancient sources
Bibliography of modern works
Index of ancient sources
General index

Subjects:
30 B.C.-476 A.D
Art et science militaires Rome Histoire
Geschichte 193-641
Guerre et société Rome
History
Krieg
Kriegführung
Military art and science
Military art and science Rome History
Military history
Militär
Rome (Empire)
Rome Histoire militaire 30 av. J.-C.-476
Rome History, Military 30 B.C.-476 A.D
Römisches Reich
Sozialgeschichte 193-641
War and society
War and society Rome

War in Late Antiquity

by: Lee, A.D.

• ISBN-13: 9780631229261 / 978-0-631-22926-1
• ISBN-03: 0631229264 / 0-631-22926-4
• Blackwell, Oxford, 2007

Price: 69,00 EURO

1 copy in stock