Название: Gladius: The World of the Roman Soldier
Автор: Guy de la Bedoyere
Издательство: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022675023X
Год: 2020
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 352
Размер: 32,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

The Roman army was the greatest fighting machine in the ancient world. More than that, it was the single largest organization in Western antiquity, taking in members from all classes, from senators to freed slaves. The Roman Empire depended on its army not just to win its wars, defend its frontiers, and control the seas, but to act as the very engine of the state.