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Exploratio: Political and Military Intelligence in the Roman World from the Second Punic War to the Battle of Adrianople
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by N. J. E. Austin
Sales Rank: 2436745
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List Price: $150.00
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Cover Type: Hard Cover with 292 pages
Published by: RoutledgeEdition: 1st Edition November 15, 1995
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0415049458
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0415049450
Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 6.4 x 1 inches
Weighs: 1.8 pounds
Product Review
"an admirable job in filling a serious gap in the study of Roman history: a comprehensive study of how Roman intelligence worked." -- Bryn Mawr Classical review
'Exploratio considers six centuries of Roman military and political intelligence, based on the literary and epigraphic evidence, with exemplary care and in meticulous detail' - Greece & Rome Volume 43
'Through the evidence of literary and epigraphic material, the authors make this a fascinating and readable discussion of the more shadowy parts of the Roman bureaucracy.' - Book News Summer 96
'Through the evidence of literary and epigraphic material, the authors make this a fascinating and readable discussion of the more shadowy parts of the Roman bureaucracy.' - Book News Summer 96
'Exploratio considers six centuries of Roman military and political intelligence, based on the literary and epigraphic evidence, with exemplary care and in meticulous detail' - Greece & Rome Volume 43
Product Description
Until now, there has been no systematic survey of Roman military and civil intelligence. Since intelligence--gained through diplomacy and spying--is so important to governments and defense institutions, it is a subject which deserves extensive analysis.
Exploratio investigates how intelligence was gathered in the Roman Empire, in the long term to help formulate strategy, and in the short term for tactical reasons. The book discusses who gathered it and for whom, and how their methods grew in sophistication over the six centuries from the outbreak of the Second Punic War in 218 BC to the Battle of Adrianople in AD 378. Austin and Rankov show how early mistakes and shortcomings in the handling of intelligence had serious effects on battles and campaigns, as well as on diplomacy and the frontiers. They demonstrate that the Romans were consequently forced to develop new kinds of responses to ensure better readiness against the threats to the empire's external security.
Exploratio shows how the information gathered was handled by various bodies in the military and administrative spheres and its considerable impact on policy formation at all levels--from the purely local to the global.
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Exploratio: Military and Political Intelligence in the Roman World from the Second Punic War to the Battle of Adrianople (Paperback)
This is a wonderful technical work. The scholarship and research are well translated into a reference work for the military historian. The intelligence operatives and methods of Rome are something that have long deserved a work of this detail and scope.
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