Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 317 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-309) and index. |
Contents |
Trust in the gods, but verify -- Rome conquers Italy: methods and motives -- Hannibal's spies -- Diplomat, trader, messenger, client, spy: Rome's eyes and ears in the east -- The high price of failure: Crassus and the Parthians -- Caesar goes to Britain -- Julius Caesar and the end of the Roman Republic -- The Augustan revolution : communications and internal security -- Roman military intelligence -- Intelligence systems failure : the slaughter of Varus in the Teutoburgerwald -- Transmission and signaling -- The Roman secret service -- Big brother is watching you. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Intelligence service -- Rome.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Sheldon, Rose Mary, 1948- Intelligence activities in ancient Rome. London ; New York : Frank Cass, 2005 0714654809 (DLC) 2004050871 (OCoLC)55616493 |
ISBN |
0203005562 (electronic book) |
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9780203005569 (electronic book) |
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0714654809 (alkaline paper) |
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