Rome's Identity as a Militarized Republic and Later Empire
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From its earliest memories to its final transformations, Rome imagined itself, organized itself, and justified itself through the language and logic of war. Few civilizations have so consistently defined political legitimacy, social hierarchy, and collective purpose through military service and military success. To speak of Rome is to speak of a society in which the boundaries between civic identity and martial identity were never cleanly drawn, a society that grew from a small community of citizen¿soldiers into a vast empire sustained by professional armies, frontier garrisons, and the ideological weight of conquest. This book explores that long arc, tracing how Rome's militarized identity emerged, evolved, and ultimately reshaped the ancient Mediterranean world.
From its earliest memories to its final transformations, Rome imagined itself, organized itself, and justified itself through the language and logic of war. Few civilizations have so consistently defined political legitimacy, social hierarchy, and collective purpose through military service and military success. To speak of Rome is to speak of a society in which the boundaries between civic identity and martial identity were never cleanly drawn, a society that grew from a small community of citizen¿soldiers into a vast empire sustained by professional armies, frontier garrisons, and the ideological weight of conquest. This book explores that long arc, tracing how Rome's militarized identity emerged, evolved, and ultimately reshaped the ancient Mediterranean world.
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