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AWA271 - Soldiers fighting for usurpers
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Length:
13 minutes
Released:
Sep 22, 2023
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Description
Chris poses this question for Murray. 'More Roman soldiers were killed in the civil wars against other Roman soldiers than any other adversary. Why was it so easy for usurpers to convince their soldiers to fight against their brethren? And why didn't emperors try to change whatever facilitated this kind of behaviour?' Join us on Patron patreon.com/ancientwarfarepodcast
Released:
Sep 22, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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