Storming The Heavens

Soldiers, Emperors and Civilians in the Roman Empire

Antonio Santosuosso

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English

Pimlico
01 August 2014

General & world history; European history; Ancient history: to c 500 CE

At the close of the third century B. C., the ancient world was in awe of Rome's clear political, military, and cultural hegemony. But however secure Rome's power may have seemed from the outside, from within it faced a challenge which was to seriously to threaten its supremacy.

Social turmoil prevailed at the heart of the Roman territories, and in Storming the Heavens, Santosuosso argues that the behaviour of the Roman armies played a central role in this unrest. The troops became the enemies within, pillaging and slaughtering fellow citizens indiscriminately, while remaining loyal to their leaders - for the livelihood and booty they provided - but not the Republic.

The new army abandoned its role as depository for upper class values and became an institution of the poor.

Santosuosso also investigates the monopoly of military power in the hands of a few, the connection between the armies and the state's cherished values, and the manipulation, subjugation, and dehumanisation of the subject peoples.

In all, he provides a fascinating and dramatic portrait of the Roman army from the time of its greatest supremacy through to the melancholy collapse of Empire in the fifth century A. D.

By: Antonio Santosuosso
Imprint: Pimlico
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 377g
ISBN: 9781845952167
ISBN 10: 1845952162
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 01 August 2014
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Antonio Santosuosso is professor of history at the University of Western Ontario and author of Soldiers, Citizens, and the Symbols of War- From Classical Greece to Republican Rome, 500-167 BC and Barbarians, Marauders and Infidels- The Ways of Medieval Warfare. He lives in London, Ontario.