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  • Chapter 6 - Culture and Communication

  • A. D. Lee, University of Nottingham
  • Book:
    Warfare in the Roman World
    Published online:
    04 September 2020
    Print publication:
    17 September 2020, pp 134-153

  • Summary

    This chapter examines the cultural impact of warfare in a range of contexts. First, the interchange of military technology and ideas is considered, partly in relation to other states emulating Roman practices, but above all in Roman openness to adopting military practices and equipment from their enemies – an important factor in Roman military success. Secondly, the role of the military in disseminating aspects of Roman culture is discussed, including the debate about the term ‘Romanization', the status of Latin in the military forces, soldiers’ use of religious and social rituals, and dietary patterns. Thirdly, the role of written documentation in the military is assessed, alongside the related subject of the extent of literacy among troops, from officers to the rank-and-file.

Warfare in the Roman World
  • A. D. Lee
  • Published online:
    04 September 2020
    Print publication:
    17 September 2020
  • Warfare was a recurrent phenomenon of fundamental importance throughout Roman history. Its scale and form varied across time and place, but it had wide-ranging impacts on politics, society and economy. This book focuses on important themes in the interplay between warfare and these broader contexts, including attitudes to war and peace, the values associated with military service, the role of material resources, military mutiny and civil war, and social and cultural aspects of the military. It also examines experiences of warfare, focusing on approaches to Roman battle and the impact of war on civilians. Importantly and distinctively, these different themes are traced across a millennium of Roman history from the Republic through to the end of Late Antiquity in the early seventh century, with a view to highlighting important continuities and changes across Roman history, and alerting readers to valuable but often less familiar material from the empire's final centuries.