Rome: strategy of empire

Introduction. Standing on the shoulders of giants

Could the Romans do strategy?

How dangerous were the barbarians?

Paying for a strategy

The core of Roman strategy

The infrastructure of empire

An army for empire

Roman naval power

The Julio-Claudia empire

The year of the four emperors and the Flavians

The empire at high tide

The Severan interlude

New threats

The third century crisis

Diocletain, Constantine and a new empire

The late imperial army and strategy

Four battles and a divorce

The gothic challenge

The aftermath of Adrianople

Denouement.