000			02239nam a22003257a 4500
001			32641
003			OSt
005			20250701104111.0
008			200701t20202020enkabefe b 001 0 eng
020			_a9781408712405 (hardback) _q(hardcover)
020			_a1408712407 (hardback) _q(hardcover)
040			_aAU@ _beng _erda _cAU@
082	7	4	_a355.0093 _223 _bD331
100	1		_aDe la Bedoyere, Guy, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aGladius : _bliving, fighting and dying in the Roman army / _cGuy de la Bedoyere.
264		1	_aLondon : _bLittle, Brown, _c2020.
300			_axix, 506 pages : _bcolour illustrations, maps, plans ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThe Roman army was the greatest fighting machine the ancient world produced. The Roman Empire depended on soldiers not just to win its wars, defend its frontiers and control the seas but also to act as the engine of the state. Roman legionaries and auxiliaries came from across the Roman world and beyond. They served as tax collectors, policemen, surveyors, civil engineers and, if they survived, in retirement as civic worthies, craftsmen and politicians. Some even rose to become emperors. Gladius takes the reader right into the heart of what it meant to be a part of the Roman army through the words of Roman historians, and those of the men themselves through their religious dedications, tombstones, and even private letters and graffiti. Guy de la Bedoyere throws open a window on how the men, their wives and their children lived, from bleak frontier garrisons to guarding the emperor in Rome, enjoying a ringside seat to history fighting the emperors' wars, mutinying over pay, marching in triumphs, throwing their weight around in city streets, and enjoying esteem in honourable retirement.
650		4	_aMilitary art and science _zRome.
651		4	_aRome _xHistory, Military.
655		7	_aMilitary history. _2fast
910			_aSAJA
942			_2ddc _cBK
948			_hNO HOLDINGS IN IQMCL - 18 OTHER HOLDINGS
999			_c32641 _d32641