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010 $a 2013019020
020 $a9780199916894 (hbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a0199916896 (hbk. : alk. paper)
024 $a40023553311
035 $a(OCoLC)854906194
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn854906194
035 $a(NNC)10786526
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050 00 $aDG246$b.W37 2014
082 00 $a939./87$223
100 1 $aWaterfield, Robin,$d1952-
245 10 $aTaken at the flood :$bthe Roman Conquest of Greece /$cRobin Waterfield.
264 1 $aNew York, NY :$bOxford University Press,$c[2014]
300 $axix, 287 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aAncient warfare and civilization
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 247-277) and index.
505 0 $aClouds in the West -- Rome turns East -- The Illyrian Wars -- Barbarians, go home! -- King Philip of Macedon -- The freedom of the Greeks -- The road to Thermopylae -- The periphery expands -- Remote control -- Perseus' choice -- The end of Macedon -- Imperium romanum -- The Greek world After Pydna.
520 $aIn an absorbing account of a critical chapter in Rome's mastery of the Mediterranean, Robin Waterfield reveals the peculiar nature of Rome's eastern policy. For over seventy years, the Romans avoided annexation so that they could commit their military and financial resources to the fight against Carthage and elsewhere. Though ultimately a failure, this policy of indirect rule, punctuated by periodic brutal military interventions and intense diplomacy, worked well for several decades, until the Senate finally settled on more direct forms of control. Waterfield's fast-paced narrative focuses mainly on military and diplomatic maneuvers, but throughout he interweaves other topics and themes, such as the influence of Greek culture on Rome, the Roman aristocratic ethos, and the clash between the two best fighting machines the ancient world ever produced: the Macedonian phalanx and Roman legion.
650 0 $aIllyrian wars.
651 0 $aRome$xHistory$yRepublic, 265-30 B.C.
651 0 $aIllyria$xHistory.
830 0 $aAncient warfare and civilization.
852 00 $bglx$hDG246$i.W37 2014