The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the ThirdOriginally published in 1976, a book which looks at the success of the Roman Empire from the 1st to the 3rd century A.D. and attributes this success to the imperial military strategy. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE JULIOCLAUDIAN SYSTEM Client States | 7 |
The System in Outline 13 The Client States 20 The Management | 40 |
The Strategic Deployment of Forces 46 Conclusion | 49 |
The Tactical | 80 |
TABLES | 85 |
The Decline of the Client System 111 The Army | 117 |
Conclusion | 126 |
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