War & Imperialism Republican Rome 327-70 BC

by William V. Harris

Book Overview

Between 327 and 70 B.C. the Romans expanded their empire throughout the Mediterranean world. This highly original study looks at Roman attitudes and behavior that lay behind their quest for power. How did Romans respond to warfare, year after year? How important were the material gains ofmilitary success--land, slaves, and other riches--commonly supposed to have been merely an incidental result? What value is there in the claim of the contemporary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198148275
• ISBN13: 9780198148272
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 293 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.