A citizen-soldier of the Roman Republic. Beyond the literary creation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21764241 |
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| Authors | Michał Norbert Faszcza (0000-0003-3562-6217, Vistula University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 25-41 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Klio (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0075-6334 • E-ISSN: 2192-7669 |
| Publisher | Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika/Nicolaus Copernicus University (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.12775/klio.2021.011 |
| OpenAlex | W4206646757 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
The main aim of the article is to draw attention to the distortion of Republican Roman soldiers’ image. Some modern scholars treat the ‘ideal type’ as a reflection of reality and attribute to legionaries the features desired by representatives of the social elite. Meanwhile, it seems that less wealthy citizens created their own vision of the qualities that a Roman soldier should have. This leads to the question of whether the officers and their subordinates had the same understanding of obedience and discipline
Aesthetics · Art · Elite · Obedience · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Classical Antiquity Studies · Computer Science · History · Joseph Conrad and Literature · Law · Military, Security, and Education Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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