Rose Mary Sheldon

Intelligence Activities in Ancient Rome

Trust in the Gods but Verify

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Intelligence activities have always been an integral part of statecraft, and this book looks at how the Romans used intelligence to maintain their empire's security.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 162mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 653g
• ISBN-13: 9780714654805
• ISBN-10: 0714654809
• Artikelnr.: 22226403

Autorenporträt

Rose Mary Sheldon has been a Professor at the Virginia Military Institute since 2000. She received a PhD from the University of Michigan in ancient history in 1987 and has published widely on ancient history.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 The Republic
Introduction
Chapter 1 Trust in the gods, but verify
Chapter 2 Rome conquers Italy
Chapter 3 Hannibal's spies
Chapter 4 Diplomat, trader, messenger, client, spy
Chapter 5 The high price of failure
Chapter 6
Chapter 7 Julius Caesar and the end of the Roman Republic
Part 2 The Empire
Chapter 8 The Augustan revolution
Chapter 9 Roman military intelligence
Chapter 10 Intelligence systems failure
Chapter 11 Transmission and signaling
Chapter 12 The Roman secret service
Chapter 13 Big brother is watching you
Chapter 14 Epilogue