Rome Strategy of Empire

Lacey (Autor)

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2025
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-778217-0 (ISBN)

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Strategy of Empire dispels the myth that Romans were incapable of longterm strategic thinking or maintaining any enunciated strategy for more than a brief period, acting as a welcome counternarrative to Edward Luttwak's The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third.

The first work to lay out Roman strategic thinking from its start under Augustus until its final demise in 476 CEFrom Octavian's victory at Actium (31 bc) to its traditional endpoint in the West (476), the Roman Empire lasted a solid 500 yearsDLan impressive number by any standard, and fully one-fifth of all recorded history. In fact, the decline and final collapse of the Roman Empire took longer than most other empires even
existed. Any historian trying to unearth the grand strategy of the Roman Empire must, therefore, always remain cognizant of the time scale, in which she is dealing. Although the pace of change in the Roman era never
approached that of the modern era, it was not an empire in stasis. While the visible trappings may have changed little, the challenges Rome faced at its end were vastly different than those faced by Augustus and the Julio-Claudians. Over the centuries, the Empire's underlying economy, political arrangements, military affairs, and, most importantly, the myriad of external threats it faced were in constant flux, making adaptability to changing circumstances as important to Roman strategists as it
is to strategists of the modern era.Yet the very idea of Rome having a grand strategy, or what it might be, had not concerned historians until Edward Luttwak's The Grand Strategy
of the Roman Empire appeared forty years ago. Although this pioneering work generated much debate, it failed to win over many ancient historians, in part because of its heavy emphasis on military force and its neglect of considerations of diplomacy, economics, politics, culture, and the changing nature of the threats that confronted Rome.By employing an expansive definition of strategy and by focusing much of the narrative on crucial historical moments and the
personalities involved, James Lacey provides a comprehensive, persuasive, and engaging account of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. It assimilates the most recent work of classical historians and
archaeologists to correct the flaws and omissions of previous accounts, thus presenting the most complete and nuanced narrative of Roman strategic thinking and execution ever published.

James Lacey holds the Horner Chair of War Studies and is Professor of Strategic Studies and Political Economy at Marine Corps War College. His previous books include, as author, The Washington War: FDR's Inner Circle and the Politics of Power that Won World War II and The First Clash: The Miraculous Greek Victory at Marathon and Its Impact on Western Civilization; as co-author with Williamson Murray, Gods of War: History's Greatest Military Rivals and Moment of Battle: The Twenty Clashes that Changed the World; and, as editor, Great Strategic Rivalries: From the Classical World to the Cold War.

Introduction: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
1. Could the Romans Do Strategy?
2. How Dangerous Were the Barbarians?
3. Paying for a Strategy
4. The True Sinews of Strategy
5. The Core of Roman Strategy
6. Strategy at the Strate of Empire
7. Strategy after Augustus
8. The Year of the Four Emperors
9. The Infrastructure of Empire
10. An Army for Empire
11. Rome's Fleets
12. The Empire at High Tide
13. The Severan Interlude
14. New Threats
15. The Third Century Crisis
16. Diocletain, Constantine, and a New Empire
17. The Late Imperial Army and Strategy
18. Four Battles and a Divorce
19. The Gothic Challenge
20. The Aftermath of Adrianople
21. Denouement

Erscheinungsdatum	24.09.2024
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	1 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-19-778217-5 / 0197782175
ISBN-13	978-0-19-778217-0 / 9780197782170
Zustand	Neuware