Alesia 52 BC: The Victory of Roman Organisation
by Bey, Frederic
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 2352501237
- ISBN 13
- 9782352501237
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Histoire & Collection, 2011. New book, 66 pages. The Romans had been at odds with the 'Gauls' for a very long time indeed. Somewhere between 390 and 386 BC, a Senoni warchief called Brennus managed to capture Rome and ransom the city with his famous Vae Victis. Nonetheless, the sack of Latiums capital, highlighted by Livy in his History of Rome, helped to forge a centuries-old loathing between the Romans, ashamed of being forced to capitulate to Brennus, and the Gauls, insolently proud of their triumph. The next step was part of the competition between the 'Great Powers' of the period. Independent Gaul was implicated in the global expansionist process of Roman might, which took place throughout the whole of the Mediterranean basin. Finally, Gaul merely became a political pawn in the hands of the triumvirs Pompey, Crassus and Caesar after they took over control of the Republic at the end of its decline, from the 60s BC onwards. It was therefore as a victim of what was at stake, quite outside its control that Gaul so dramatically became part of Julius Caesar's political strategy. Alesia was the final manifestation of this deep mistrust between the two peoples.. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Viceroy Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005885
- Title
- Alesia 52 BC: The Victory of Roman Organisation
- Author
- Bey, Frederic
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New As New
- ISBN 10
- 2352501237
- ISBN 13
- 9782352501237
- Publisher
- Histoire & Collection
- Place of Publication
- Paris Et Bruxelles
- Date Published
- 2011
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- ALESIA ANCIENT HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ancient Military History;
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