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[ SOLD OUT ] ELTON, H., Warfare in Roman Europe AD 350-425. Clarendon Press, 1997. XVII,312p. Paperback. spine with light reading traces. Initials stamp, date and personal library mark on free endpaper. Series: Oxford Classical Monographs. ‘This book is far more widely useful than its title suggests. Elton has revised his Oxford D.Phil thesis to create a handbook that will serve as a reference book if the reader wants an answer to specific question but which also provides a more extended discussion of a variety of topics related to warfare. The treatment is very systematic and clearly organised and should appeal to a wide range of readers from the secondary to more advanced levels. (…) In addition to creating a handbook on warfare, Elton attempts to assess the effectiveness of the Roman army. In passages dispersed through the book he examines army pay, the relation of imperial revenues to the size of the army, the possibility of a manpower shortage, the use of barbarians in the army (…) and the value of border troops (limitatie) compared to the field army.’ (CAROLYN A.S. NELSON in History, 1997-2, p.88). (Antiquarian) (approx. delivery time: undeliverable) ISBN: 9780198152415