Clichés about disciplining

[Quintius Clavus]

Yes, Sara Phang's book, Roman Military Service, is excellent. I spent the money and bought it. She examines how the Roman Elite looked at discipline, and sometimes contrasts the ancients' views with how we moderns view it. One also gets a look at the tension between how the Roman elites and officers viewed it, verses how the ordinary soldiers in the ranks viewed it. :wink: It is a study of discipline as an ideology among the Romans - as much from their point of view as one can reasonably hope to get close to.