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Spare no one : mass violence in Roman warfare / Gabriel Baker, Georgetown University

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Baker, Gabriel David
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Mass violence in Roman warfare
Published
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2021]
Physical Description
x, 281 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

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Contents
"As Is the Roman Custom": War and Mass Violence in the Roman Republic, Third and Second Centuries BCE -- "Adorned with Scars": Roman Military and Political History to 146 BCE -- "What the Fire Could Not Consume": Methods of Mass Violence -- "The Ram Has Hammered at Their Walls": The Logic of Mass Violence -- "Deterred by Fear": Defection and Deterrence in the Second Punic War -- "So Much Destruction and Utter Ruin": Politics and Pragmatism in the Third Macedonian War -- "He Soaked Spanish Soil with Blood": Failure and Frustration in the Lusitanian War.
Summary
"Provides an important corrective to our understanding of ancient warfare and our thinking about the long history of total war and terror, manifested today by ISIS, casting a new light on Roman warfare and the strategic use of total war to achieve long-term military objectives and the pacification of conquered territories"--
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9781538112205 hardcover
1538112205 hardcover
9781538112212 paperback
1538112213 paperback
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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