| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF MAPS AND DIAGRAMS -- PREFACE TO THE YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS EDITION -- PREFACE -- Introduction -- 1. 'The Shield and Sword of Rome': Fabius and Marcellus -- 2. A Roman Hannibal: Scipio Africanus -- 3. The Conqueror of Macedonia: Aemilius Paullus -- 4. 'Small Wars': Scipio Aemilianus and the fall of Numantia -- 5. 'A person devoted to war': Caius Marius -- 6. General in exile: Sertorius and the Civil War -- 7. A Roman Alexander: Pompey the Great -- 8. Caesar in Gaul -- 9. Caesar against Pompey -- 10. An Imperial 'Prince': Germanicus beyond the Rhine -- 11. Imperial Legate: Corbulo and Armenia -- 12. A Young Caesar: Titus and the Siege of Jerusalem, ad 70 -- 13. The last great conqueror: Trajan and the Dacian Wars -- 14. A Caesar on campaign: Julian in Gaul, ad 356-60 -- 15. One of the last: Belisarius and the Persians -- 16. Later years: The legacy of Roman generals -- Chronology -- Glossary -- Notes -- Index |
| Summary |
A definitive history of the great commanders of ancient Rome, from bestselling author Adrian Goldsworthy. "In his elegantly accessible style, Goldsworthy offers gripping and swiftly erudite accounts of Roman wars and the great captains who fought them. His heroes are never flavorless and generic, but magnificently Roman. And it is especially Goldsworthy's vision of commanders deftly surfing the giant, irresistible waves of Roman military tradition, while navigating the floating logs, reefs, and treacherous sandbanks of Roman civilian politics, that makes the book indispensable not only to those interested in Rome and her battles, but to anyone who finds it astounding that military men, at once driven and imperiled by the odd and idiosyncratic ways of their societies, can accomplish great deeds." -J. E. Lendon, author of Soldiers and Ghosts: A History of Battle in Classical Antiquity |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 12, 2016) |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Ancient -- Rome.
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Armed Forces -- Officers
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Rome -- Army -- Officers.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115092
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Rome -- History, Military -- 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115173
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| Subject |
Rome (Empire)
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| Genre/Form |
Military history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780300221831 |
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0300221835 |
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