The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the ThirdOriginally published in 1976, a book which looks at the success of the Roman Empire from the 1st to the 3rd century A.D. and attributes this success to the imperial military strategy. |
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE JULIOCLAUDIAN SYSTEM Client States | 7 |
The System in Outline 13 The Client States 20 The Management | 40 |
The Strategic Deployment of Forces 46 Conclusion | 49 |
The Tactical | 80 |
TABLES | 85 |
The Decline of the Client System 111 The Army | 117 |
Conclusion | 126 |
FIGURES | 208 |
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Africa alae and cohortes annexation Antonine Wall Arabia Armenia Arsacid attacks Augustus auxilia auxiliary barbarians barriers Birley Britain Cappadocia cavalry client-state cohortes equitatae comitatenses Commagene concentrated conquest Dacia Danube Decebalus defeat defense-in-depth deployed deployment Diocletian Dioclétien diplomatic Domitian East eastern emperor enemy Euphrates field armies fight Flavian fortifications fortresses forts frontier defense garrisons Gemina guard Hadrian Hadrian's Wall Ibid imperial territory incursions infantry interception invasion Italica Judea Julio-Claudian L'Armée lands legionary legionary bases limes limitanei Lower Germany major Marcomanni Marcus Aurelius Maroboduus Mauretania miles milliary Moesia Notitia numeri offensive Pannonia Parthian patrol perimeter Pontus preclusive province Quadi Raetia raiding revolt Rhine road Roman army Roman Empire Roman Frontier Roman Legions Roman military Rome salient Sarmatians Sassanid second century sector Severus siege soldiers strategic Syria Tacitus tactical tetrarchy third century threat Tiberius Trajan Trajan's troops Upper Germany Vespasian vexillationes warfare zone