In the name of Rome : the men who won the Roman Empire /

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Author / Creator:Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith.
Imprint:London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, c2003.
Description:415 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5037067
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ISBN:0297846663
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. 'The Shield and Sword of Rome': Fabius and Marcellus
  • 2. A Roman Hannibal: Scipio Africanus
  • 3. The Conqueror of Macedonia: Aemilius Paullus
  • 4. 'Small Wars': Scipio Aemilianus and the fall of Numantia
  • 5. 'A person devoted to war': Caius Marius
  • 6. General in exile: Sertorius and the Civil War
  • 7. A Roman Alexander: Pompey the Great
  • 8. Caesar in Gaul
  • 9. Caesar against Pompey
  • 10. An Imperial 'Prince': Germanicus beyond the Rhine
  • 11. Imperial Legate: Corbulo and Armenia
  • 12. A Young Caesar: Titus and the Siege of Jerusalem, AD 70
  • 13. The last great conqueror: Trajan and the Dacian Wars
  • 14. A Caesar on campaign: Julian in Gaul, AD 356-60
  • 15. One of the last: Belisarius and the Persians
  • 16. Later years: The legacy of Roman generals.