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War in Late Antiquity: A Social History

ISBN: 978-0-470-76623-1

February 2009

Wiley-Blackwell

288 pages

Description
The first book to focus on the social impact of warfare and the Roman army in Late Antiquity.

  • Explores the implications of war and the army in a broad range of areas encompassing politics, the economy, and social life
  • Pays particular attention to the experience of war from the perspective of
    non-combatants
  • Investigates the religious dimension of military life and the role of the army in implementing religious policy
  • Approaches familiar subjects from new perspectives, offering novel insights into the many facets of late Roman history
About the Author
A. D. Lee is Associate Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Nottingham, and the author of Information and Frontiers: Late Roman Foreign Relations (1993), and Pagans and Christians in Late Antiquity: A Sourcebook (2000).
Features

  • Focuses on the wider context and impact of warfare and the army in Late Antiquity, from the third to the early seventh century AD
  • Explores the implications of war and the army in a broad range of areas encompassing politics, the economy, and social life
  • Pays particular attention to the experience of war from the perspective of non-combatants
  • Investigates the religious dimension of military life and the role of the army in implementing religious policy
  • Approaches familiar subjects from new perspectives, offering novel insights into the many facets of late Roman history