Intelligence activities in ancient Rome trust in the gods, but verify / Rose Mary Sheldon.

Author/creator Sheldon, Rose Mary, 1948-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Frank Cass,
Descriptionxxvii, 317 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [290]-309) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2004050871
ISBN0714654809 (alk. paper)

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