War in Late Antiquity

A Social History

A. D. Lee (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2007
Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd) (Verlag)
978-0-631-22925-4 (ISBN)

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War in Late Antiquity is the first book to focus on the social impact of warfare and the Roman army from the third to the early seventh century AD.

The first book to focus on the social impact of warfare and the Roman army in Late Antiquity. * Explores the implications of war and the army in a broad range of areas encompassing politics, the economy, and social life * Pays particular attention to the experience of war from the perspective of non-combatants * Investigates the religious dimension of military life and the role of the army in implementing religious policy * Approaches familiar subjects from new perspectives, offering novel insights into the many facets of late Roman history

A. D. Lee is Associate Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Nottingham, and the author of Information and Frontiers: Late Roman Foreign Relations (1993), and Pagans and Christians in Late Antiquity: A Sourcebook (2000).

List of Figures. List of Maps. List of Tables. Preface. Acknowledgments. Selected Roman Emperors during Late Antiquity. Selected Persian Kings during Late Antiquity. Table of Significant Events. Glossary. List of Abbreviations. Introduction. 1. War and its Causes in Late Antiquity: An Overview. 2. The Evolution of the Late Roman Army: An Outline. 3. Ancient Sources for War and the Army in Late Antiquity: A Guide. 1. Emperors and Warfare. 1.1. Changing Patterns of Imperial Involvement in Warfare. 1.2. The Unchanging Ideology of Victory. 2. Military Loyalties and Civil War. 2.1. Retaining Soldiers' Loyalties. 2.2. Civil War and Military Unrest. 3. The Infrastructure of War. 3.1. Manpower. 3.2. Supplying the Army. 3.3. Fortifications. 4. The Economic Impact of War. 4.1. Economic Benefits of War. 4.2. Economic Costs of War. 5. The Experience of War. 5.1. Soldiers. 5.2. Urban Communities. 5.3. Rural Communities. 5.4. Women. 6. Soldiers and Society. 6.1. Soldiers and their Families. 6.2. Interaction between Military and Non-Military Elites. 6.3. Military-Civilian Interaction at Non-Elite Levels. 7. Army, Warfare, and Religion. 7.1. The Changing Religious Complexion of the Army. 7.2 The Army and Religious Policy. 7.3. A Christian Empire at War. Notes. Bibliography of Ancient Sources. Bibliography of Modern Works. Index of Ancient Sources. General Index

Reihe/Serie	Ancient World at War
Verlagsort	Chichester
Sprache	englisch
Maße	161 x 239 mm
Gewicht	594 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Sozialgeschichte
ISBN-10	0-631-22925-6 / 0631229256
ISBN-13	978-0-631-22925-4 / 9780631229254
Zustand	Neuware