Roman Army: Legions, Wars and Campaigns

by Nigel Rodger, Dr Dodge

Overview

This authoritative, fact filled history traces the growth of the Roman army fromits earlydays as an unpaid citizen's mililtia to its establishment as a world conquering professional force.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781844762101
Publisher:	Southwater
Publication date:	11/18/2005
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 11.60(h) x 0.41(d)

Table of Contents

	Introduction	6
Chapter I	The People's Army	8
	Battle Hardening	10
	The Fall of the Republic	12
	Legions and Principate	14
	Army of the Later Empire	16
Chapter II	Inside the Army	18
	Organizing the Legion	20
	Centurions and Officers	22
	Training and Discipline	24
	Pay and Conditions	26
	Auxiliary Troops	28
	Pitching Camp	30
	Roads, Canals and Bridges	32
	Fleets and Ships	34
Chapter III	Arms and the Men	36
	Armour	38
	Arms	40
	Artillery	42
	Siege Warfare	44
	Triumphs and Ovations	46
	Permanent Fortifications	48
	The Great Forts of the Later Empire	50
	City Walls	52
Chapter IV	The Great Wars	54
	Marching and Fighting	56
	The Punic Wars	58
	Conquering the Greeks	60
	Caesar's Conquest of Gaul	62
	The Last Civil Wars	64
	Along the Elbe	66
	The Conquest of Lowland Britain	68
	Agricola's Northern Campaigns	70
	Trajan and the Conquest of Dacia	72
	Trajan and the East	74
Chapter V	Defending the Empire	76
	The Dilemmas of Defence	78
	Natural Frontiers: The Rhine and Upper Danube	80
	Natural Frontiers: The Middle and Lower Danube	82
	Natural Frontiers: Africa, Arabia, Mesopotamia	84
	Colonies and Settlements for Veterans	86
	The Jewish Revolt	88
	The Siege of Masada	90
Chapter VI	Decline and Fall	92
	The 3rd-century Crisis	94
	The Eastern Problem	96
	Foreign Invasions	98
	The Loss and Recapture of the East	100
	The Splintering Empire	102
	The First Recovery	104
	The Tetrarchs' Achievements	106
	Constantine	108
	Constantine's Heirs	110
	Britain Regained and Abandoned	112
	The Gothic Problem	114
	The Fatal Winter	116
	The Sack of Rome	118
	The Fall of Rome	120
	Why Rome Fell and Byzantium Survived	122
	Index	126