Description
Book Synopsis Rome was the law-giver for much of the modern world. She was also the greatest military power of antiquity, operating her military organization with remarkable efficiency and effectiveness throughout most of the then-known world. In view of the importance of both the legal and military aspects of the Roman Empire, an account of their combination in a system of disciplinary control for the Roman armies is of considerable significance to historians in both fields—and, in fact, to scholars in general. In Roman Military Law, C. E. Brand describes this system of control.
Since a characterization of such a system can be made most meaningful only against a background of Roman constitutional government and in the light of ideologies current at the time, Brand follows his initial “Note on Sources” with a sketch of the contemporary Roman scene. This first section includes a discussion of the Roman constitution and an examination of Roman criminal law.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on the Sources
- I. Introduction
- II. The Roman Constitution
- III. Discipline and Criminal Law
- IV. Military Organization
- V. Disciplinary Organization of the Army
- VI. Religion and Discipline
- VII. Offenses and Punishments
- VIII. From The Punic Wars To Constantine
- IX. Military Codes and Treatises
- Appendices
- A. Military Laws from Ruffus
- B. De Re Militari from Corpus Juris Civilis
- C. Strategica, by Maurice
- D. Table of Comparisons
- Bibliography
- Index
