Caesar's Great Success: Sustaining the Roman Army on Campaign

An in-depth look at the world's first ever military logistical supply system and how it fed Caesar's armies in the field.

Logistics have become a principal, if not a governing factor, in modern military operations. Armies need to be fed and supplied, and the larger the army, the greater the logistical difficulties that have to be overcome. Two thousand years ago, when communications were far more primitive, the size of armies was limited by the difficulties of supply. It was because the Rom...