Gladius: The World of the Roman Soldier

by Guy de la Bédoyère

Gladius delivers a stunning ground-level recreation of what it was like to be a soldier in the fighting force that made the Roman Empire. Empire. The Roman army was the greatest fighting machine in the ancient world. More than that, it was the single largest organization in Western antiquity, taking in members from all classes, from senators to freed slaves. The Roman Empire depended on its army not just to win its wars, defend its frontiers, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226823903
• ISBN13: 9780226823904
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 526 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"