Killing for the Republic
Subtitle: The Roman Way of War
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9781421429861
Subjects: Military art and science; Rome, army; Rome, history, military
Description: "This book describes how Rome conquered the world with citizen-soldiers. Like many expansionist states throughout history, Rome instilled something violent and vicious in its soldiers, making them more effective than their opponents. But unlike other civilizations, it did so with part-timers. The Romans perfected civic militarism in a way no other civilization has. It transformed average farmers into ambitious killers capable of conquering the Mediterranean"--