Hunger and the Sword: Warfare and Food Supply in Roman Republican Wars (264-30 B.C.)

Erdkamp examines Roman wars in the context of the natural and human environment, explaining that the way Roman wars were fought was determined by the geography and climate of the Mediterranean peninsulas, by the ecological restraints on agriculture and transport, and by the economic and social structures of the society of which the armies were a significant part. Focusing in particular on food, he looks both at the food supply of the many thousands that manned the Roman armies, and at the impact of war on the food supply of those people not waging war. Distributed in the US by Brill. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)