The Sword of Rome (1 reviews)
Imprint: Pen & Sword Military
Found in: Ancient History Books
Hardback
192 pages
ISBN: 9781848843790
Published: 27 June 2012
Marcus Claudius Marcellus
by Jeremiah McCallImprint: Pen & Sword Military
Found in: Ancient History Books
Hardback
192 pages
ISBN: 9781848843790
Published: 27 June 2012
Marcellus’ military exploits were largely unmatched by any other aristocrat of Roman Middle Republic. As a young soldier in the First Punic War, he won a reputation for his skill in single combat. In his first consulship, he earned a triumph for defeating a Gallic tribe, no small feat in and of itself, and also slew the Gallic chieftain Britomartus in single combat. Consequently, he earned the spolia opima, an honor, according to Roman antiquarians, that had only been earned twice before, once by Romulus himself. He went on to defeat the hitherto-invincible Hannibal in a small battle around the central Italian city of Nola, and subsequently led an army to subdue and plunder the powerful city of Syracuse in an epic 2 year siege (despite the ingenius defensive measures of the inventor Archimedes). Yet, despite his undeniable success as a warrior and commander, Marcellus met with considerable political opposition at Rome.
Marcellus’ career not only makes exciting reading, but gives an excellent vantage point from which to view the military and political struggles of the period and the role of military successes in the aristocratic culture of the Roman Republic. His biography will be an important addition to existing works on Roman military history.
Marcellus’ career not only makes exciting reading, but gives an excellent vantage point from which to view the military and political struggles of the period and the role of military successes in the aristocratic culture of the Roman Republic. His biography will be an important addition to existing works on Roman military history.
Marcellus is a veritable archetype of the Roman aristocrat who attains power through the use of military success. Roman politics are never glanced over and are an important part of the book, but the meat... [read full review]
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About Jeremiah McCall
Jeremiah B McCall is a school teacher in Cincinatti, Ohio. He is a pioneering advocate of the use of video games as teaching aids and has a PhD in Classical History. He is the author of The Cavalry of the Roman Republic (Routledge, 2002) and an academic work on the educational use of computer games.
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