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Triumph in defeat : military loss in the Roman Republic / Jessica H. Clark.
LIBRA DG254.2 .C58 2014
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clark, Jessica Homan, 1980-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C.
- Rome.
- Rome (Empire).
- History.
- Rome--History, Military--265-30 B.C.
- War and civilization--Rome.
- War and civilization.
- Defeat (Psychology).
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 240 pages : maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014].
- Contents:
- Introduction
- When in Rome : remembering and reevaluating defeat
- Costs and benefits : winning the Second Punic War
- Managing defeat : the Senate and the triumph, 201-167
- Alternative endings : responding to repeated defeat, 156-130
- Bad politics : defeats, nobility, and new men, 120-102
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199336548
- 0199336547
- OCLC:
- 857754295
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