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Book SynopsisThe adage that an army “marches on its stomach” finds renewed emphasis in this collection of essays. Focusing on military diet and supply from Homer through the Roman Empire, Diet and Logistics in Greek and Roman Warfare explains regional dietary options and reassesses traditional notions of “provisioning” while exploring topics ranging from strategy and subterfuge to trade and terror. Through fresh insights drawn from current research and excavation spanning the Greco-Roman world, contributors confirm how providing food and drink for soldiers was critical to every army’s success and survival. This volume stimulates reevaluation of ancient militaries and encourages new research.
Table of ContentsPreface List of Maps Abbreviations List of Contributors Part 1: Introduction 1 Diet and Logistics in Ancient Greek and Roman Warfare, a Consideration John F. Donahue and Lee L. Brice Part 2: Military Diet 2 Diet, Preparation, and Consumption in Homer Sarah C. Murray 3 Nutrition and Diet: Archaic and Classical Greece Fernando Echeverría 4 Nutrition and Diet: Hellenistic Greece Eduardo García-Molina 5 Diet and Nutrition in the Roman Republican Army Jeremy Armstrong 6 The Diet of Roman Soldiers in the Northwest Provinces of the Roman Empire Paul Erdkamp 7 Dining in the Desert The Roman Military Diet in Egypt and the East in the Imperial Period Kelsey Koon Part 3: Logistics of Food and Drink 8 Organization of the Military Food Supply: Greece Matthew Sears 9 Provisioning and the Logistics of Occupation and Resistance in Early Hellenistic Greece Thomas C. Rose 10 Logistics and Strategy in the Hellenistic World: Parthians and Seleucids Nikolaus Leo Overtoom 11 Sieges, Deception and Bioterrorism: Logistics and Strategy of Food and Drink during the Republic John F. Donahue 12 Organization of the Military Food Supply: Rome Bret C. Devereaux Part 4: Case Studies 13 Logistics and Strategy in the Greek Army: A Case Study of Diet and Logistics in Herodotus and Thucydides Gregory Francis Viggiano 14 Equestrian Officers, Food Supply, and Military Campaigns in the Reigns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius Marc Kleijwegt Part 5: In Closing 15 Assessing Military Logistics and Diet in Ancient Greece and Rome Lee L. Brice Index of Places General Index
