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The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire from the First Century AD to the Third

Originally published in 1976, a book which looks at the success of the Roman Empire from the 1st to the 3rd century A.D. and attributes this success to the imperial military strategy.

Subject
historypolitics
Genre
war and militaryancient romeancient worldhistorical fiction
Themes
military historyhistorywar
Setting
ancient historyancient romeantiquity
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 272 pages

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