In the Name of Rome: The Men Who Won the Roman Empire - Softcover

Goldsworthy, Research Fellow Adrian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0300218524 ISBN 13: 9780300218527

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2016

Synopsis

A definitive history of the great commanders of ancient Rome, from bestselling author Adrian Goldsworthy.

"In his elegantly accessible style, Goldsworthy offers gripping and swiftly erudite accounts of Roman wars and the great captains who fought them. His heroes are never flavorless and generic, but magnificently Roman. And it is especially Goldsworthy's vision of commanders deftly surfing the giant, irresistible waves of Roman military tradition, while navigating the floating logs, reefs, and treacherous sandbanks of Roman civilian politics, that makes the book indispensable not only to those interested in Rome and her battles, but to anyone who finds it astounding that military men, at once driven and imperiled by the odd and idiosyncratic ways of their societies, can accomplish great deeds." --J. E. Lendon, author of Soldiers and Ghosts: A History of Battle in Classical Antiquity

About this title

Review:

"Absorbing. The best book I know on the Roman army and its commanders."--Allan Massie, Spectator--Allan Massie "Spectator "

Book Description:

The complete and definitive history of how Roman generals carved out the greatest and longest lasting empire the world has ever seen.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0300218524
• ISBN 13: 9780300218527
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 488