Late Roman Army (Archaeology of the Roman Empire)

Using a full range of original literary sources, modern Continental scholarship, and current archaeological research, Pat Southern and Karen R. Dixon provide a stimulating overview of the historical period, the critical changes in the army, and the way these changes affected the morale of the soldiers. The authors discuss in fascinating detail the organization and fighting methods of the army: the recruitment of soldiers, the physical conditions under which they served, the equipment they used, the fortifications they built, and the siege warfare they waged. They also describe the reforms of Diocletian and Constantine - particularly the creation of the field army and the frontier army - that shaped the final version of the late Roman army up to the beginning of the sixth century. Numerous illustrations accompany the texts.Pat Southern is the author of 'Late Roman Army (Archaeology of the Roman Empire)', published 1996 under ISBN 9780713470475 and ISBN 071347047X.