Rome and the enemy

[taira1180]

Hi!
Is the book "Rome and enemy: Imperial strategy in the principate" of Susan P. Mattern, worth to be buy? I have the oportunity, but don't want to expend the money without being sure.
Thanks for any help

[Alexandr K]

Hi,
here you can find a review of this book.
Greetings
Alexandr

[taira1180]

Seems good. Thanks for the link.

[Praefectusclassis]

Yes, interesting book for sure, but not uncontroversial.

[taira1180]

Hi again!
I have buy the book, and have already read the first 2 chapters. The book is very interesting, put a lot of good questions, make you think, but sometimes i think it's absolutly impossible mto prove all those good ideas.
But for now i have a doubt: it says that the legions of the east since the principate were composed by "peregrini" (locals who would receive the citizenship as soon they would enrolled in the legion), and not roman citizens, the contrary of what happened in the west, were only romans were accepted in legions. Is this true? That would be a good reason for the latinization of the west: if the soldiers were romans, after settled, they would help to romanize the territory (of course i have already read that things didn't occured quite like that, but it's another story).,