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Title: War and Society in the Roman World (Leicester-Nottingham Studies in Ancient Society) by John Rich, Graham Shipley ISBN: 0-415-12167-1 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: August, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $33.95

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Summary: Excellent collection of essays...Very informative!
Comment: As stated in the preface of War and Society in the Roman World, "'There is and has been a powerful reluctance among historians to discuss ancient warfare and its consequences with a steady eye'" (ix). What this book hopes to examine is the relationship between war and society. The focus is on how this relationship changes from the Roman conquest of Italy through the Republic, and consequently the Principate and the late Roman Empire. John Rich offers a brief historiography in his preface regarding discussions, lectures and literature on war and society in the ancient world. This book is very useful to the student of Roman studies for it examines different facets of Roman history from its earliest settlement times to the end of its Empire. While it is not a complete chronological history of the relationship between war and society in the Roman world, it is a well organized and well written collection of essays from very knowledgeable writers. In addition, there is extensive bibliographic information at the end of each essay which always helps aspiring Classics students better prepare their own scholarly studies.