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This illuminating book remains essential to both ancient historians and students of modern strategy.

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Avec un retentissement exceptionnel pour un ouvrage écrit par quelqu’un qui n’était ni historien professionnel, ni spécialiste de l’Antiquité, le livre d’Edward Luttwak sur la grande stratégie de l’empire romain occupe une place à part dans l’historiographie depuis sa publication en 1976. À le relire on reste impressionné par l’ampleur des questions abordées, la concision, la clarté et l’audace de la synthèse, mais aussi par nombre d’observations. Au lendemain de la défaite du Vietnam,
Revue des Etudes Anciennes

Table of Contents

List of Maps, Figures, and Tables
Preface to the 2016 Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgment
Introduction
1. The Julio-Claudian System
The System in Outline
The Client States
The Management of the Clients
The Tactical Organization of the Army
The Strategic Deployment of Forces
Conclusion
2. From the Flavians to the Severi
The System in Outline
Border Defense
Border Defense
The Decline of the Client System
The Army and the System
Conclusion
3. Defense-in-Depth
The System in Outline
The Changing Threat
The New Borders of the Empire
Walled Towns and Hard-Point Defenses
Border Troops
Provincial Forces
Central Field Armies
Conclusion
Epilogue. The Three Systems
Appendix. Power and Force
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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    Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
    Publication Date: 13/07/2016
    ISBN13: 9781421419459, 978-1421419459
    ISBN10: 1421419459

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    This illuminating book remains essential to both ancient historians and students of modern strategy.

    Trade Review
    Avec un retentissement exceptionnel pour un ouvrage écrit par quelqu’un qui n’était ni historien professionnel, ni spécialiste de l’Antiquité, le livre d’Edward Luttwak sur la grande stratégie de l’empire romain occupe une place à part dans l’historiographie depuis sa publication en 1976. À le relire on reste impressionné par l’ampleur des questions abordées, la concision, la clarté et l’audace de la synthèse, mais aussi par nombre d’observations. Au lendemain de la défaite du Vietnam,
    Revue des Etudes Anciennes

    Table of Contents

    List of Maps, Figures, and Tables
    Preface to the 2016 Edition
    Preface to the First Edition
    Acknowledgment
    Introduction
    1. The Julio-Claudian System
    The System in Outline
    The Client States
    The Management of the Clients
    The Tactical Organization of the Army
    The Strategic Deployment of Forces
    Conclusion
    2. From the Flavians to the Severi
    The System in Outline
    Border Defense
    Border Defense
    The Decline of the Client System
    The Army and the System
    Conclusion
    3. Defense-in-Depth
    The System in Outline
    The Changing Threat
    The New Borders of the Empire
    Walled Towns and Hard-Point Defenses
    Border Troops
    Provincial Forces
    Central Field Armies
    Conclusion
    Epilogue. The Three Systems
    Appendix. Power and Force
    Notes
    Bibliography
    Index

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