Table of Contents

1. Theorizing discipline: social conflict, legitimation, and power; 2. Combat training and discipline; 3. Viri militares: habitus and discipline; 4. Disciplina and punishment; 5. Disciplining wealth: the ideologies of stipendia and donativa; 6. Labor militaris: work as discipline; 7. Feasts of mass destruction: disciplina and austerity.

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In this book, Sara Phang explores the ideals and realities of Roman military discipline.

About the Author

Sara Elise Phang is a scholar of Roman history and author of The Marriage of Roman Soldiers (13 BC-AD 235): Law and Family in the Imperial Army, which won the Gustave O. Arlt Award in the Humanities in Classical Studies.

Reviews

'… a welcome contribution to our understanding of the important subject of discipline in the Roman army.' Arctos