Cum cura exploratis (LIV. XXII, 12,2): Military Intelligence in Rome during the Third Century B.C.
<p>The defeats suffered in the initial years of the Second Punic War have led to consider that Rome did not have a sufficiently developed military intelligence. However, a review of the classic authors reveals the problems posed by this conception. Through an analysis of written evidence we pr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca
2020-10-01
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| Series: | Studia Historica: Historia Antigua |
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/0213-2052/article/view/24366 |
| Summary: | <p>The defeats suffered in the initial years of the Second Punic War have led to consider that Rome did not have a sufficiently developed military intelligence. However, a review of the classic authors reveals the problems posed by this conception. Through an analysis of written evidence we propose a new interpretation of Roman military intelligence during the third century B.C.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 0213-2052 |