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Looks at the success of the Roman Empire from the 1st to the 3rd century A.D. and attributes this success to the imperial military strategy.

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• Foreword(p. ix)
• Preface(p. xi)
• Introduction(p. 1)
• 1 The Julio-Claudian System. Client States and Mobile Armies from Augustus to Nero(p. 7)
• The System in Outline(p. 13)
• The Client States(p. 20)
• The Management of the Clients(p. 30)
• The Tactical Organization of the Army(p. 40)
• The Strategic Deployment of Forces(p. 46)
• Conclusion(p. 49)
• 2 From the Flavians to the Severi. "Scientific" Frontiers and Preclusive Defense from Vespasian to Marcus Aurelius(p. 51)
• The System in Outline(p. 55)
• Border Defense: The Tactical Dimension(p. 61)
• Border Defense: The Strategic Dimension(p. 80)
• The Decline of the Client System(p. 111)
• The Army(p. 117)
• Conclusion(p. 126)
• 3 Defense-In-Depth. The Great Crisis of the Third Century and the New Strategies(p. 127)
• The System in Outline(p. 130)
• The Changing Threat(p. 145)
• The New Borders of the Empire(p. 154)
• Walled Towns and Hard-point Defenses(p. 159)
• Border Troops(p. 170)
• Provincial Forces(p. 173)
• Central Field Armies(p. 182)
• Conclusion(p. 188)
• Epilogue. The Three Systems: An Evaluation(p. 191)
• Appendix. Power and Force: Definitions and Implications(p. 195)
• Notes(p. 201)
• List of Works Cited(p. 233)
• Index(p. 247)
• Maps
• 1.1 The Empire in A.D. 23(p. 10)
• 1.2 The East under the Julio-Claudians(p. 28)
• 1.3 The German Problem, A.D. 6-16(p. 34)
• 2.1 The Frontiers in the Second Century(p. 58)
• 2.2 Strategic Mobility in the Roman Empire(p. 82)
• 2.3 The Wall Frontiers of Roman Britain(p. 90)
• 2.4 The Advancing Frontier in Germany(p. 94)
• 2.5 The Second-Century Frontiers in Europe(p. 98)
• 2.6 The Dacian Conquest(p. 102)
• 2.7 The Strategic Importance of Armenia(p. 106)
• 2.8 The Parthian Empire and the Roman East(p. 109)
• 3.1 The Great Crisis of the Third Century(p. 148)
• 3.2 The Frontiers of the Tetrarchy and the New Provinces(p. 156)
• 3.3 The Defense-in-Depth of the German Frontier(p. 162)
• 3.4 Defense-in-Depth: Augusta Libanensis (Only Attested Units Shown)(p. 180)
• Figures
• 1.1 Roman Unit Establishments in the First and Second Centuries A.D.(p. 14)
• 1.2 Two Models of Empire(p. 22)
• 2.1 Models of Frontier Organization I(p. 62)
• 2.2 Models of Frontier Organization II(p. 64)
• 2.3 Hadrian's Wall: The Barrier Elements(p. 70)
• 2.4 The Tactics of Forward Defense(p. 76)
• 3.1 Operational Methods of Border Defense: Elastic Defense(p. 138)
• 3.2 Operational Methods of Border Defense: Defense-in-Depth(p. 140)
• 3.3 Operational Methods of Border Defense: Forward Defense(p. 142)
• 3.4 The Changing Pattern of Roman Fortification(p. 164)
• Tables
• 2.1 Legionary Deployments, A.D. 23 to A.D. 192(p. 85)
• 2.2 Auxiliary Troops in Lower Germany(p. 87)
• 3.1 Distribution of Troops: Frontiers and Field Armies in the East and West(p. 189)

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Edward N. Luttwak is Research Professor at the Georgetown University and Senior Fellow of the Georgetown Center for Strategic and International Studies