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

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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) HUNGER AND THE SWORD Copyright CONTENTS Acknowledgements Introduction Part One Chapter One. Supplying armies. Problems and methods Chapter Two. The soldier's rations Chapter Three. Magazines and transport Chapter Four. The means of acquisition Chapter Five. Living off the land Chapter Six. Food supply and strategy Chapter Seven. Logistical restraints. A case-study of the Second Punic War in Italy Part Two Chapter Eight. Civilian food supply in the ancient world. Chapter Nine. Agricultural production in times of war. Chapter Ten. Food supply and survival in times of war. Chapter Eleven. Population and recovery. A case-study of the Second Punic War in Italy Conclusions Bibliography