Mediterranean Anarchy, Interstate War, and the Rise of Rome: Volume 48

by Arthur M. Eckstein

This ground-breaking study is the first to employ modern international relations theory to place Roman militarism and expansion of power within the broader Mediterranean context of interstate anarchy. Arthur M. Eckstein challenges claims that Rome was an exceptionally warlike and aggressive state--not merely in modern but in ancient terms--by arguing that intense militarism and aggressiveness were common among all Mediterranean polities from ca 750...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520259920
• ISBN13: 9780520259928
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.8"