By illuminating the history of one organization that reflected all corners of the Roman world, gives us a portrait of an ancient society that is unprecedented in both its broad sweep and gritty intimacy. Surveying numerous aspects of life in the Roman army between 264 BCE and 337 CE, Gladius draws not only on the words of famed Roman historians, but also those of the soldiers themselves, as recorded in their religious dedications, tombstones, and even private letters and graffiti. Living, Fighting, and Dying in the Roman Army (2020), and Pharaohs of the Sun. He appeared regularly on the UK’s Channel 4 archaeology series Time Team and is well known in the United States for his volume The Romans for Dummies.
Rather than a history of the army itself, or a guide to military organization and fighting methods, this book is a ground-level recreation of what it was like to be a soldier in the army that made the empire. Guy de la Bdoyre is author of a widely admired series of books on Roman history. In Gladius, Guy de la Bedoyere takes us straight to the heart of what it meant to be a part of the Roman army. The Roman Empire depended on its army not just to win its wars, defend its frontiers, and control the seas, but to act as the very engine of the state. Gladius delivers a stunning ground-level recreation of what it was like to be a soldier in the fighting force that made the Roman × Uh-oh, it looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date. More than that, it was the single largest organization in Western antiquity, taking in members from all classes, from senators to freed slaves. Guy de la Bédoyère 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 honorable retirement.The Roman army was the greatest fighting machine in the ancient world. Guy de la Bédoyère 3.
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. They served as tax collectors, policemen, surveyors, civil engineers and, if they survived, in retirement as civic worthies, craftsmen and politicians. Buy Gladius: Living, Fighting and Dying in the Roman Army by Bédoyère, Guy de la (ISBN: 9781408712405) from Amazons Book Store. Roman legionaries and auxiliaries came from across the Roman world and beyond. 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.
The Roman army was the greatest fighting machine the ancient world produced.
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