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The Crisis of Rome: The Jugurthine and Northern Wars and the Rise of Marius - Couverture souple

Sampson, Gareth C

 
9781526781772: The Crisis of Rome: The Jugurthine and Northern Wars and the Rise of Marius
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ISBN 10 : 1526781778 ISBN 13 : 9781526781772
Editeur : Pen & Sword Military, 2020

Synopsis

Exciting account of one of the Roman Republic's greatest crises.

In the later 2nd century BC, after a period of rapid expansion and conquest, the Roman Republic found itself in crisis. In North Africa her armies were already bogged down in a long difficult guerrilla war in a harsh environment when invasion by a coalition of Germanic tribes, the Cimbri, Teutones and Ambrones, threatened Italy and Rome itself, inflicting painful defeats on Roman forces in pitched battle.

Gaius Marius was the man of the hour. The first war he brought to an end through tactical brilliance, bringing the Numidian King Jugurtha back in chains. Before his ship even returned to Italy, the senate elected Marius to lead the war against the northern invaders. Reorganizing and reinvigorating the demoralized Roman legions, he led them to two remarkable victories in the space of months, crushing the Teutones and Ambrones at Aquiae Sextae and the Cimbri at Vercellae.

The Roman army emerged from this period of crisis a much leaner and more professional force and the author examines the extent to which the 'Marian Reforms' were responsible for this and the extent to which they can be attributed to Marius himself.

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À propos de l'auteur

After a successful career in corporate finance, Dr. Gareth Sampson returned to the study of ancient Rome and gained his PhD from the University of Manchester, where he currently teaches ancient history. He has made a detailed study of early Roman political history and in particular the political office of the tribunate of the plebs. He is currently engaged in a study of the power struggles and the civil warfare of the late Republic and its expansionist policies in the east.

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Éditeur
Pen & Sword Military
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1526781778
ISBN 13 
9781526781772
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
288
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