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Book SynopsisA study that employs modern international relations theory to place Roman militarism and expansion of power within the broader Mediterranean context of interstate anarchy. It challenges claims that Rome was an exceptionally warlike and aggressive state - not merely in modern but in ancient terms.
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Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations Maps 1. Political Science and Roman History 2. Realist Paradigms of Interstate Behavior 3. The Anarchic Structure of Interstate Relations in Classical Greece 4. The Anarchic Structure of Interstate Relations in Hellenistic Age 5. Terrores Multi: The Rivals of Rome for Power in Italy and the Western Mediterranean 6. Rome and Roman Militarism within the Anarchic Interstate System 7. Roman Exceptionalism and Nonexceptionalism Appendix to Chapter 6: Roman Commanding Generals Killed in Battle with Foreign Enemies, 340s-140s BC Bibliography Index
