Exploring the Mid-Republican Origins of Roman Military Administration: With Stylus and Spear

ISBN-13: 9780367820732 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 228 str.

Elizabeth H. Pearson

Opis

This volume demonstrates the development of Roman military bureaucracy during the Middle Republic, expanding on recent research to examine these administrative systems that made possible Rome’s expansion in this period.

Recenzje

"The central position the army occupied in Imperial Rome is self-evident. This is reflected in the amount of research that has been devoted to the Roman army in the Imperial period. Far less is known about the army during the Republican period. Pearson seeks to remedy this imbalance in the unspectacular, though vitally important, sphere of military administration... The real virtue of this book is its attention to detailed argument. There is little in it that one could find fault with." - Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Spis treści

List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; I: Dilectus; II: The census and centralised military bureaucracy; III: Recording men on campaign; IV: Tributum and stipendium; V: Documents and archives; VI: Record producers and record keepers; Conclusion: The Mid-Republican origins of Roman military administration; Appendix I: Men liable and available for military service; Appendix II: Men over 17 years old with a paterfamilias; Bibliography

O autorze

Elizabeth H. Pearson is an independent scholar. She completed her PhD at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom, in 2016. In 2020, she won the Society of Military History’s Vandervort Prize for her article ‘Decimation and Unit Cohesion: Why Were Legionaries Willing to Perform Decimation?’.