C�sar's Army: A Study of the Military Art of the Romans in the Last, Days of the Republic
Book Description
This little book is an attempt to reconstruct Caesar sA rmy so as to give a clear idea of its composition and evolutions. It is hoped that students of Csesar swritings and students of military science alike may find interest in such a study. The Commentaries of Caesar are the story of his wars. They are military history. It is true that they were intended largely for civilian readers at Rome. Stil...
MoreThis little book is an attempt to reconstruct Caesar sA rmy so as to give a clear idea of its composition and evolutions. It is hoped that students of Csesar swritings and students of military science alike may find interest in such a study. The Commentaries of Caesar are the story of his wars. They are military history. It is true that they were intended largely for civilian readers at Rome. Still, they imply throughout a certain amount of military knowledge that all Roman citizens were supposed to have. The modern student can hardly be said to read understandingly, unless the text conveys to his mind the same idea that it conveyed to the intelligent Roman reader to whom Caesar addressed it. Hence it seems clear that we should at least seek to gain those notions of the military art with which the Roman reader was miliar, and in the light of which Caesar described his campaigns. Many of these facts are entirely lost. Many others we can reach at best only approximately. Our inferences, based sometimes on meagre data, may often be erroneous. And yet is it not better to have even such an inadequate idea than no idea at all? It is needless to say that in these pages the work of modern scholars has been laid heavily under contribution. Especially the exhaustive and ingenious treatise of Riistow has been followed in many particulars.
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