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

by Alexander Merrow, Gregory Starace, Agostino von Hassell

Book Overview

Logistics have become a principle, 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 Romans developed a sophisticated supply system that they were able to maintain large...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399021095
• ISBN13: 9781399021098
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Frontline Books
• Length: 168 Pages