Marcel Le Glay

Yann Le Bohec

Jean-Louis Voisin

David Cherry

This magisterial survey, spanning over 1,300 years, is widely acclaimed as the best single-volume history of Rome. The second edition incorporates a number of improvements including new subject sections and maps, expanded coverage of key chapters, and updated resource and bibliographic material. Incorporates a number of improvements, many of which have been suggested by readers. Provides more extensive treatment of key areas. Includes completely new sections to cover subjects omitted from the first edition. Continues to include extensive illustrative material - plates, tables, chronologies, and maps (including two new ones). A more comprehensive index will ensure the book is now easier to use. Please visit our Roman history website at: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/cherry for on-line resources, details of related books, and a unique cross reference tool to help you make the best use of The Roman World: A Sourcebook and A History of Rome.

A History of Rome, Second Edition

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Encyclopedia of the Roman Army

Aus dem Inhalt: Die Organisation der Armee: Die Truppeneinheiten; Die Männer; Die Rekrutierung - Die Armee in Aktion: Das Exerzieren; Die Taktik - Strategie: das feste Lager - Die Rolle der Armee im Römischen Reich: Die Geschichte der römischen Armee; Die materielle Rolle; Die kulturelle Rolle - Zusammenfassung Rezensionen der französischen Originalausgabe: "Wir fanden bemerkenswert: das vertiefte Wissen (viele Tabellen) - die Gleichgewichtigkeit der Darstellung (mit zuverlässiger Zusammenfassung für jedes Kapitel) - die Klarheit und Eleganz der Darstellung - den Reichtum an Illustrationen. Dieses Handbuch wird unserem Fach große Dienste leisten." Latomus "Easy to read and comprehensive in its purview. There is much that will be of interest to the general reader. The author has avoided excessive detail and controversy on detailed points. There are many useful tables presenting data on army organization and disposition, on promotion patterns, donatives, pay and the religious year." Journal of Roman Studies

Yann Le Bohec

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