Rome and the enemy
imperial strategy in the principate
by Susan P. Mattern
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"Susan P. Mattern reconstructs here the world view of Roman decision makers, the emperors and the tiny elite from which they drew their advisers. She demonstrates that Onasander's indifference to expertise is completely characteristic of the policymakers she presents. They did not weigh possible risks against potential advantages. They were more strongly influenced by compulsion to avenge what they felt was an insult than by any thought of defensible borders. They carried out campaigns more to construct and preserve an image of Roman might than to exercise that might itself." "This book draws upon the literature, especially the historiography, composed by the members of the elite who conducted Roman foreign affairs. From this evidence, Mattern has drawn a rich, detailed portrait of their statecraft and the values it was fashioned to articulate."--BOOK JACKET.
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Foreign relations, Historiography, History, History, Military, Military History, Military policy, Rome, history, military, Rome, foreign relations, Rome, history, empire, 30 b.c.-476 a.d., Histoire, Historiographie, Histoire militaire, Relations extérieures, Ancient, Diplomatic relations, Politieke waarden, Imperialisme, OorlogvoeringPlaces
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Rome and the Enemy: Imperial Strategy in the Principate
December 2, 2002, University of California Press
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in English
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Rome and the enemy: imperial strategy in the principate
1999, University of California Press
in English
0520211669 9780520211667
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-244) and index.
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"When Marcus Aurelius died in A.D. 180, his son, the new emperor Commodus, had to decide what to do about the war on the Danube frontier."
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