{"product_id":"9781408712405","title":"Gladius : Living, Fighting and Dying in the Roman Army","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Bedoyere, Guy de la, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 05\/11\/2020,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 528 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Little, Brown,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Little, Brown Book Group,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Ancient Rome, Military history\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781408712405\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eThe Roman army was the greatest fighting machine the ancient world produced. The Roman Empire depended on soldiers not just to win its wars, defend its frontiers and control the seas but also to act as the engine of the state. Roman legionaries and auxiliaries came from across the Roman world and beyond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey served as tax collectors, policemen, surveyors, civil engineers and, if they survived, in retirement as civic worthies, craftsmen and politicians. Some even rose to become emperors. Gladius takes the reader right into the heart of what it meant to be a part of the Roman army through the words of Roman historians, and those of the men themselves through their religious dedications, tombstones, and even private letters and graffiti.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGuy de la Bedoyere throws open a window on how the men, their wives and their children lived, from bleak frontier garrisons to guarding the emperor in Rome, enjoying a ringside seat to history fighting the emperors' wars, mutinying over pay, marching in triumphs, throwing their weight around in city streets, and enjoying esteem in honorable retirement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37027772661913,"sku":"9781408712405","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781408712405.jpg?v=1604670717","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781408712405","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}