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    RISE OF THE LEGION, PART II

    Jan 24, 2022 2 minutes

    THE HIGH COMMAND IN THE ROMAN REPUBLIC: THE PRINCIPLE OF THE ‘SUMMUM IMPERIUM AUSPICIUMQUE’ FROM 509 TO 19 BCE

    By Frederik Vervaet

    Steiner Verlag, 2014

    ISBN: 978-3515106306

    Vervaet explores the principle of high command and prevailing auspices as central to the ideas of holding command and the waging of war during the Republic. The author offers interpretations different to those found in this issue. Vervaet argues

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