L'equipement militaire et l'armement de la Republique (IVe-Ier s. avant J.-C.).

L'equipement militaire et l'armement de la Republique (IVe-Ier s. avant J.-C.). M. FEUGERE (ed.). L'equipement militaire et l'armement dela Republique (IVe-Ier s. avant J.-C.) (Journal of Roman MilitaryEquipment Studies 8). v+319 pages, figures, tables. 1999. Oxford: Oxbow;1-84217-006-6 ISSN ISSNabbr.International Standard Serial Number 0961-3684 paperback. Aficionados will find a good deal of satisfaction in The Roman artof war. It comprises five crisp chapters full of evenly presented detailbacked up with plenty of footnotes -- on composition of the armies,logistics and camps, and tactics of field battle and siege -- along withbrief introduction and conclusion. It is interesting to follow heranalyses of variation in the general principles of Roman tactics but hasDr GILLIVER allowed herself space to make sufficient sense of thevarieties of strategy and imperial policy in different periods? From aconference at Montpellier in 1996, M. FEUGERE presents four papers onsources of data followed by 14 studies of weapons and weaponry of theRepublican period in Roman history grouped by region -- mostly onFrance, Spain and Portugal. There is also a contribution about Celticinfluence on Vandal weaponry. Half of the papers are in English, therest in French, German, Spanish and Italian. Several of the themes broached by the preceding titles recur in thenext one. Ingeniously but approachably, Dr SWIFT collates and summarizesvarious forms of evidence to trace the fall of the Western Roman Empire Western Roman EmpireSee Western Empire.Noun 1. Western Roman Empire - the western part after the Roman Empire was divided in 395; it lasted only until 476Western Empire .Civilian and military fittings, ornaments Ornaments are a frequent embellishment to music. Sometimes different symbols represent the same ornament, or vice versa. Different ornament names can refer to an ornament from a specific area or time period. and jewellery are mapped outto trace the diffusion diffusion,in chemistry, the spontaneous migration of substances from regions where their concentration is high to regions where their concentration is low. Diffusion is important in many life processes. of new `influences': `By the time the ...Empire ended in the West, it had already altered out of allrecognition' (p. 136). The case is made concisely, graphically andconvincingly; and the opportunity is taken to discuss principles ofarchaeological interpretation along the way. The reference material istucked away at the back but there it is for the checking. The book istypical of Tempus' virtuous mission.