Gladius: The World of the Roman Soldier by de la Bédoyère, Guy
Gladius: The World of the Roman Soldier by de la Bédoyère, Guy

Gladius: The World of the Roman Soldier

Gladius delivers a stunning ground-level recreation of what it was like to be a soldier in the...
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Author: Guy de la Bédoyère
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Gladius: The World of the Roman Soldier by de la Bédoyère, Guy

Gladius: The World of the Roman Soldier

$34.89
Gladius: The World of the Roman Soldier by de la Bédoyère, Guy

Gladius: The World of the Roman Soldier

$34.89
Author: Guy de la Bédoyère
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Gladius delivers a stunning ground-level recreation of what it was like to be a soldier in the fighting force that made the Roman Empire.
Empire.

The Roman army was the greatest fighting machine in the ancient world. More than that, it was the single largest organization in Western antiquity, taking in members from all classes, from senators to freed slaves. 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.

In Gladius, Guy de la Bédoyère takes us straight to the heart of what it meant to be a part of the Roman army. 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. Surveying numerous aspects of life in the Roman army between 264 BCE and 337 CE, Gladius--the Latin word for sword--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. Gladius reveals the everyday life of these soldiers and their families, whether stationed in a bleak frontier garrison in Britain or North Africa, tasked with guarding the emperor in Rome, fighting on foreign battlefields, mutinying over pay, marching in triumph, throwing their weight around on city streets, or enjoying esteem in honorable retirement.

By illuminating the history of one organization that reflected all corners of the Roman world, Gladius gives us a portrait of an ancient society that is unprecedented in both its broad sweep and gritty intimacy.

Author: Guy de la Bédoyère
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 12/04/2020
Pages: 526
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.25lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.70d
ISBN: 9780226750231


Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2022

About the Author
Guy de la Bédoyère is the author of many books about the Roman world and was a longtime cohost of Channel 4's Time Team.
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