War in Late Antiquity: A Social History

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-631-22926-1
Verlag: BLACKWELL PUBL

Buch, Englisch, 308 Seiten, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: Ancient World at War

The first book to focus on the social impact of warfare and the Roman army in Late Antiquity.

Zielgruppe

students of ancient, Roman, Byzantine, and military history, or of the social history of warfare

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lee, A. D.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.

List of tables.

List of illustrations.

List of maps.

Acknowledgements.

Selected Roman emperors during late antiquity.

Selected Persian kings during late antiquity.

Table of important events.

Glossary.

Abbreviations.

Introduction.

1 Emperors and Warfare.

2 Civil War and Military Loyalties.

3 The Infrastructure of War.

4 The Economic Impact of War.

5 The Experience of War.

6 Soldiers and Society.

7 Army, Warfare and Religion.

Bibliography of ancient sources.

Bibliography of modern works.

Index of ancient sources.

General index

Über Autor(innen)

A. D. Lee is Associate Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Nottingham, and the author of Information and Frontiers: Late Roman Foreign Relations (1993), and Pagans and Christians in Late Antiquity: A Sourcebook (2000).