Intelligence activities in ancient Rome : trust in the gods, but verify /
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Frank Cass,
2005.
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| Series: | Studies in Intelligence.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=115892 |
Table of Contents:
- Trust in the gods, but verify
- Rome conquers Italy: methods and motives
- Hannibal's spies
- Diplomat, trader, messenger, client, spy: Rome's eyes and ears in the east
- The high price of failure: Crassus and the Parthians
- Caesar goes to Britain
- Julius Caesar and the end of the Roman Republic
- The Augustan revolution : communications and internal security
- Roman military intelligence
- Intelligence systems failure : the slaughter of Varus in the Teutoburgerwald
- Transmission and signaling
- The Roman secret service
- Big brother is watching you.