Table of Contents
List of maps and diagrams 1
Preface to the Yale University Press Edition 3
Preface 9
Introduction 13
1 'The Shield and Sword of Rome': Fabius and Marcellus 32
2 A Roman Hannibal: Scipio Africamis 50
3 The Conqueror of Macedonia: Aemilius Paullus 79
4 'Small Wars': Scipio Aemilianus and the fall of Numantia 109
5 A person devoted to war': Caius Marius 127
6 General in exile: Sertorius and the Civil War 154
7 A Roman Alexander: Pompey the Great 171
8 Caesar in Gaul 203
9 Caesar against Pompey 240
10 An Imperial 'Prince': Germanicus beyond the Rhine 267
11 Imperial Legate: Corbulo and Armenia 297
12 A Young Caesar: Titus and the Siege of Jerusalem, AD 70 328
13 The last great conqueror: Trajan and the Dacian Wars 357
14 A Caesar on campaign: Julian in Gaul, AD 356-60 379
15 One of the last: Belisarius and the Persians 406
16 Later years: The legacy of Roman generals 425
Chronology 436
Glossary 442
Notes 447
Index 465