Relying on a variety of literary, documentary and archaeological sources, this work explores
the Roman military supply system from the Punic Wars to the end of the Principate. Each …

This Companion provides an authoritative and up-to-date overview of Roman Republican
history as it is currently practiced. Highlights recent developments, including archaeological …

Rome's wars delivered great wealth to the conquerors, but how did this affect politics and
society on the home front? In Power and Public Finance at Rome, James Tan offers the first …

'When he was nearly thirteen my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow [...]
When enough years had gone by to enable us to look back on them, we sometimes …

At the start of his Iberian campaign in 195 bc, Cato the Elder sent the army suppliers back to
Italy, remarking that the war would sustain itself. The Roman soldiers subsequently …

Secondo quanto narra Cassio Dione nel libro LIII della sua Storia di Roma, la seduta del
senato che portò all'attribuzione di numerosi poteri a Ottaviano nel gennaio del 27 a. C …

This volume originates from a workshop that was hosted by the editors at McGill University in
May 2011. Selected from the overall pool of papers presented at the symposium, many of …

The most famous fact about the food supply of the city of Rome is the distribution of cheap or
even free corn to a large part of its population from the late Republic onwards. The corn …

This study has been carried out within the framework of the ERC Advanced Project 'An
Empire of 2,000 Cities: urban networks and economic integration in the Roman …

Modern discussions of the private traders who accompanied Classical Greek armies on
overland campaigns have considered these traders to have been important sources of food …