Spare no one : destroying communities in Roman warfare, third and second centuries BCE
In Greek and Latin historical narratives, Roman armies are repeatedly said to destroy enemy communities, both their physical urban spaces and inhabitant populations. Some ancient authors claim that this conduct was characteristic of the Roman way of war, particularly during the period of the Middle...
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University of Iowa
2016
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Online Access: | https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/6699 https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8198&context=etd |