Название: Religion & Classical Warfare: The Roman Empire
Автор: Matthew Dillon, Christopher Matthew
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473834309
Год: 2022
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 384
Размер: 28,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

Religion was integral to the conduct of war in the ancient world and the Romans were certainly no exception. No campaign was undertaken, no battle risked, without first making sacrifice to propitiate the appropriate gods (such as Mars, god of War) or consulting oracles and omens to divine their plans.