Romans at War Soldiers, Citizens, and Society in the Roman Republic

• Other Authors: Armstrong, Jeremy (Editor), Fronda, Michael P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2020
• Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
• Subjects: Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Army and Society in the Roman Republic;ancient italian warfare;aristocratic politics;bellona;early republican warfare;elite casulaties of the punic war;Hannibalic War;Italic society;Legalization of Warfare in ancient rome;Manipular Army System;Manipuli;military service in roman italy;military service in roman republic;Roman military studies;Roman Republican Military History;Roman republic;Roman warfare and imperialism;roman conquest of greece;roman gods of war;roman military gods;roman military pantheon;roman republican army;roman republican soldiers;roman republican warfare;roman social war;roman warfare;Second Punic War;Servius Tullius;social war;socii
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This volume addresses the fundamental importance of the army, warfare, and military service to the development of both the Roman Republic and wider Italic society in the second half of the first millennium BC. It brings together emerging and established scholars in the area of Roman military studies to engage with subjects such as the relationship between warfare and economic and demographic regimes; the interplay of war, aristocratic politics, and state formation; and the complex role the military played in the integration of Italy. The book demonstrates the centrality of war to Rome's internal and external relationships during the Republic, as well as to the Romans' sense of identity and history. It also illustrates the changing scholarly view of warfare as a social and cultural construct in antiquity, and how much work remains to be done in what is often thought of as a ""traditional"" area of research. Romans at War will be of interest to students and scholars of the Roman army and ancient warfare, and of Roman society more broadly.