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STEVEN SAYLOR was educated at the University
of Texas at Austin and now lives in Berkeley,
California, and is the author of the
Roma Sub
Rosa
series of crime novels set in the era of Cicero
and Caesar. About the latest book in the scries,
The Judgement of Caesar,
the
Sunday Times
commented, 'Saylor evokes the ancient world
more convincingly than any other writer of his
generation' and
Publishers Weekly
has called it
a 'superb historical novel.'
KATE GILLIVER studied Classics and Classical
Archaeology at King's College London and took
her PhD in Roman Military Theory at The Institute
of Archaeology, University College London. She
is lecturer in Ancient History at Cardiff University
and is the author of
The Roman Art of War
(1999).
She is currently preparing a book on Roman siege
warfare and was the historical consultant for a
BBC Timewatch programme on Roman soldiers.
ADRIAN GOLDSWORTHY read Ancient and
Modern History at St John's College, Oxford,
remaining there to gain his doctorate in Ancient
History. This thesis formed the basis for his first
book,
The Roman Army at War 100 BC-AD 200
(OUP, 1996). His research has focused on aspects
of warfare in the Graeco-Roman world and he
has written two further books:
Roman Warfare
(Cassell, 2000) and
The Punic Wars
(Cassell, 2000).
MICHAEL WHITBY is Professor of Classics and
Ancient History at Warwick. In recent years he has
published several articles on late Roman warfare,
and co-edited
The Cambridge Ancient History XIV;
AD 425-600
(2000),
The Cambridge History of
Ancient Warfare
(2005) and
Christian Persecution,
Martyrdom and Orthodoxy
(2006). He is currently
working on a study of Warfare and Society in the
later Roman world.
ROME AT WAR
Kate Gilliver, Adrian Goldsworthy
& Michael Whitby
Foreword by
Steven Saylor
First published in Great Britain in 2005 by Osprey Publishing.
Midland House. West Way. Botley. Oxford OX2 0PH, UK
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Previously published as Essential Histories 43:
Caesar's Gallic Wars
58-50 BC,
Essential Histories 42:
Caesar's Civil War 49-44 BC
and Essential Histories 21:
Rome at War AD 293-696
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Editor: Ruth Sheppard
Design: Ken Vail Graphic Design. Cambridge. UK
Cartography by The Map Studio
Index by Alison Worthington
Originated by PPS Grasmere, Leeds. UK
Printed and bound in China by L Rex Printing Company Ltd.
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Contents
Foreword: Caesar's legacy and its twilight
by Steven Saylor
Chronology
Introduction
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Part I: Caesar's Gallic Wars 58-50 BC
by Kate Giliver
Background to war - Building an empire
Warring sides - Discipline vs. spectacle
Outbreak - The migration of the Helvetii
The fighting - Invasion, siege and conquest
Portrait of a soldier - Caesar's centurions
The world around war -The impact of the conflict
Portrait of a civilian
Roman merchants
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How the war ended - Roman triumphs
Conclusion and consequences - Pax Romana
Part II: Caesar's Civil War 49-44 BC
by Adrian Goldsworthy
Background to war - The First Triumvirate
Warring sides - Legion against legion
Outbreak - Crossing the Rubicon
The fighting - Civil War
Portrait of a soldier
Caesar's legionaries
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The world around war - A Mediterranean war

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