The complete and definitive history of how Roman generals carved out the greatest and longest-lasting empire the world has ever seen.
The Roman army was one of the most effective fighting forces in history. The legions and their commanders carved out an empire which eventually included the greater part of the known world. This was thanks largely to the generals who led the Roman army to victory after victory, and whose strategic and tactical decisions shaped the course of several centuries of warfare.
This book, by the author of THE PUNIC WARS, concentrates on those Roman generals who displayed exceptional gifts of leadership and who won the greatest victories. With 26 chapters covering the entire span of the Roman Empire, it is a complete history of Roman warfare.
INTRODUCTION: FROM THE BEGINNING: CHIEFTAIN AND HERO TO POLITICIAN AND GENERAL
Chapter 1. ‘The Shield and Sword of Rome’: Fabius and Marcellus
Chapter 2. A Roman Hannibal: Scipio Africanus
Chapter 3. The Conqueror of Macedonia: Aemilius Paullus
Chapter 4. ‘Small Wars’: Scipio Aemilianus and the fall of Numantia
Chapter 5. ‘A person devoted to war’: Caius Marius
Chapter 6. General in exile: Sertorius and the Civil War
Chapter 7. A Roman Alexander: Pompey the Great
Chapter 9. Caesar against Pompey
Chapter 10. An Imperial ‘Prince’: Germanicus beyond the Rhine
Chapter 11. Imperial Legate: Corbulo and Armenia
Chapter 12. A Young Caesar: Titus and the Siege of Jerusalem, AD 70
Chapter 13. The last great conqueror: Trajan and the Dacian Wars
Chapter 14. A Caesar on campaign: Julian in Gaul, AD 356–60
Chapter 15. One of the last: Belisarius and the Persians
Chapter 16. Later years: The legacy of Roman generals