\u003cp\u003eThis edition offers a compact portrait, in peace and in war, of the ancient Roman army, one of historyâs most famous and successful military organizations. Twelve literary passages combine with nine epigraphic and other documents to show soldiers who donât merely fight: Between battles, they march, drill, camp, construct public works, eat, drink, andâsometimes illegallyâmarry and have children. At times, and invariably with bloodstained results, troops also involved themselves in Roman politics. With selections from a variety of sources and a time span ranging from the First Punic War to the reign of M. Aurelius, this compact reader is like no other currently available.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cbr/\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpecial Features\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eIntroduction to the Roman army\u003cbr/\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e858 lines of unadapted Latin text in 21 selections: 12 from literary works (Cato \u003ci\u003eOrigines\u003c/i\u003e, Cicero \u003ci\u003eAd Atticum\u003c/i\u003e, Caesar \u003ci\u003eBellum Civile\u003c/i\u003e, Livy \u003ci\u003eAb Urbe Condita\u003c/i\u003e, Juvenal \u003ci\u003eSatires\u003c/i\u003e, Tacitus \u003ci\u003eAnnals \u003c/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHistories\u003c/i\u003e, Vegetius \u003ci\u003eDe Re Militari\u003c/i\u003e, Suetonius \u003ci\u003eGaius\u003c/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eClaudius\u003c/i\u003e) and 9 from documentary sources\u003cbr/\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes at the back and complete vocabulary\u003cbr/\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuggested reading; appendices of original texts and chronologies\u003cbr/\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo maps and seven illustrations\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/p\u003e
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