Author:
Baker, Gabriel David, author.
ImprintLanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021]
Descriptionx, 281 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Note:"As Is the Roman Custom": War and Mass Violence in the Roman Republic, Third and Second Centuries BCE -- "Adorned with Scars": Roman Military and Political History to 146 BCE -- "What the Fire Could Not Consume": Methods of Mass Violence -- "The Ram Has Hammered at Their Walls": The Logic of Mass Violence -- "Deterred by Fear": Defection and Deterrence in the Second Punic War -- "So Much Destruction and Utter Ruin": Politics and Pragmatism in the Third Macedonian War -- "He Soaked Spanish Soil with Blood": Failure and Frustration in the Lusitanian War.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-270) and index.
Note:"Provides an important corrective to our understanding of ancient warfare and our thinking about the long history of total war and terror, manifested today by ISIS, casting a new light on Roman warfare and the strategic use of total war to achieve long-term military objectives and the pacification of conquered territories."-- Provided by publisher.
