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

by Paul Erdkamp

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)

Genres: History, Nonfiction

332 pages, Leather Bound

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Darnell · Rating 4 out of 5]

A long, somewhat dry, analysis of famine and warfare. Though it got somewhat into the weeds of details for me, I don't think you can criticize an academic source for that. Despite the dry detail, I never found it truly tedious, and there were plenty of interesting observations about the actual consequences of war.