Forts and Roman Strategy

A New Approach and Interpretation

Paul Coby

• Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
• Year: 2022
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9781526772138
• Subtopic: Military & Maritime History
• Index: History

Paul Coby here proposes a new system for the recording and mapping of Roman forts and fortifications that integrates all the data, including size, dating and identification of occupying units. Application of these methods allows analysis that brings new insights into the placement of these forts, the units garrisoning them and the strategy of conquest and defense they underpinned. This is a new and original contribution to the long-running debate over whether the Roman Empire had a coherent grand strategy or merely reacted piecemeal to emerging needs. Although the author focuses on several major campaigns in Britain as case studies, the author stresses that his method's are also applicable to elsewhere in the Empire. Lavishly illustrated with color maps, the book is also supported by a website and blogs, encouraging further investigation and discussion.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Book Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword
• Introduction The Nature of the Roman Army in theFirst and Second Centuries ad
• Chapter 1 The Roman Army – Neither the Pentagon nor Predator
• Part 1 The Case Studies
• Part 2 The Method
• Chapter 7 A New Digital and Cartographical Approach
• Chapter 8 The New Data-led Analytical Method (D-LAM)
• Chapter 9 A New Graphical and Cartographic Tool-set
• Chapter 10 Conclusions
• Appendix 1 Visiting the Sites of the Campaigns
• Appendix 2: Forts and Roman Strategy (FRoStrat)Using the Data-led Analytical Method (D-LAM)
• Bibliography
• Index
• Back cover