Books by Lee L Brice
Women and the Army in the Roman Empire, 2024
The presence of women in Roman military contexts has been established beyond doubt by scholars in... more The presence of women in Roman military contexts has been established beyond doubt by scholars in recent decades. Nevertheless, very little sustained attention has been paid to who these women were, how they fit into the fabric of settlements, and what their contributions were to these communities. This volume offers new insights into the associations, activities, and social roles of women in the context of the Roman army, emphasizing the tangible evidence for the lived realities of women and families at different social levels. The various chapters adopt dynamic perspectives and shed new light on archaeological and historical evidence to provide novel conclusions about women’s lives in antiquity. Histories of the Roman army can no longer ignore the women who lived and worked in its midst and histories of Roman women must acknowledge their important military role.
The Boundaries of War, 2024
The expansion of trade and communication networks has been active since the fifteenth century and... more The expansion of trade and communication networks has been active since the fifteenth century and has had an undeniable impact on connecting military activity around the world. This fact is visible in the historical record, but has it in the last several decades transformed the historiography of military history? The Boundaries of War offers a discussion on whether the transnational turn in historical scholarship suggests that all warfare is derivative of larger global patterns, or if there are local, regional, or national ‘ways of war’ that differentiate conflict within that certain geographical space, which historians should acknowledge. The authors consider how much military historians should focus on local or idiosyncratic factors to explain their subject matter and whether they should consider global phenomena in their research.
This book is open access and available online.
Warfare in the Ancient Mediterranean World, 2023
The adage that an army “marches on its stomach” finds renewed emphasis in this collection of essa... more The adage that an army “marches on its stomach” finds renewed emphasis in this collection of essays. Focusing on military diet and supply from Homer through the Roman Empire, Diet and Logistics in Greek and Roman Warfare explains regional dietary options and reassesses traditional notions of “provisioning” while exploring topics ranging from strategy and subterfuge to trade and terror. Through fresh insights drawn from current research and excavation spanning the Greco-Roman world, contributors confirm how providing food and drink for soldiers was critical to every army’s success and survival. This volume stimulates reevaluation of ancient militaries and encourages new research.
Mnemosyne Supplement HACA 437, 2020
In People and Institutions in the Roman Empire colleagues honor Garrett G. Fagan for his contribu... more In People and Institutions in the Roman Empire colleagues honor Garrett G. Fagan for his contributions to our understanding and appreciation of Roman history and culture. In addition to reviewing and contextualizing Fagan’s works and legacy, contributing authors pursue in their chapters topics and methodologies that interested Fagan — the experiences of individuals within Roman state and social institutions from the end of the Republic through the Empire and into Late Antiquity.
Part One contextualizes Fagan’s scholarship, demonstrating the diversity of his interests and his impact. Part Two considers the intersection between people and core state institutions: army, law, and religion. Part Three examines Roman social and cultural institutions such as the baths, arena, historiography, and provincial elite society. https://brill.com/view/title/58975
Wiley, 2019
New Approaches to Greek and Roman Warfare brings together essays from specialists in ancient hist... more New Approaches to Greek and Roman Warfare brings together essays from specialists in ancient history who employ contemporary tools and approaches to reveal new evidence and increase knowledge of ancient militaries and warfare. In-depth yet highly readable, this volume covers the most recent trends for understanding warfare, militaries, soldiers, non-combatants, and their roles in ancient cultures. Chronologically-organized chapters explore new methodologies, evidence, and topics while offering fresh and original perspectives on recent documentary and archaeological discoveries.
Covering the time period from Archaic Greece to the Late Roman Empire, the text asks questions of both new and re-examined old evidence and discusses the everyday military life of soldiers and veterans. Chapters address unique topics such as neurophysiological explanations for why some soldiers panic and others do not in the same battle, Greek society’s handling of combat trauma in returning veterans, the moral aspects and human elements of ancient sieges, medical care in the late Roman Empire, and the personal experience of military servicemembers and their families. Each chapter is self-contained to allow readers to explore topics in any order they prefer.
Providing new material and topical focus, New Approaches to Greek and Roman Warfare is an ideal text for Greek History or Roman History courses, particularly those focusing on ancient warfare, as well as scholars and general readers with interest in the ancient militaries.
In Insurgency and Terrorism in the Ancient Mediterranean World, Tim Howe and Lee L. Brice challen... more In Insurgency and Terrorism in the Ancient Mediterranean World, Tim Howe and Lee L. Brice challenge the view that these forms of conflict are specifically modern phenomena by offering an historical perspective that exposes readers to the ways insurgency movements and terror tactics were common elements of conflict in antiquity. Assembling original research on insurgency and terrorism in ancient civilizations including, the Ancient Near East, Greece, Central Asia, Persia, Egypt, Judea, and the Roman Empire, they provide a deep historical context for understanding these terms, demonstrate the usefulness of insurgency and terrorism as concepts for analysing ancient Mediterranean behavior, and point the way toward future research.
A selection of original work dedicated to Richard J.A. Talbert and based in the two fields of his... more A selection of original work dedicated to Richard J.A. Talbert and based in the two fields of history in which he has made a great impact. Will be released December 2 by Brill. Includes 17 chapters of research and an introduction and a comprehensive bibliography of Richard Talbert's works to date.
Warfare in the Roman Republic, From the Etruscan Wars to the Battle of Actium
Greek Warfare: From the Battle of Marathon to the Conquests of Alexander the Great
Recent Directions in the Military History of the Ancient World-All, 2011
A survey of current work as of 2011 on military history in Ancient Near East, Ancient Greece, Rom... more A survey of current work as of 2011 on military history in Ancient Near East, Ancient Greece, Roman Republic and Early Empire, and Late Antiquity.
Journal edited by Lee L Brice
Journal of the Numismatic Association of Australia, 2020
This special volume presents a collection of articles devoted to the topic of teaching with numis... more This special volume presents a collection of articles devoted to the topic of teaching with numismatics. It also honours one of Australia's leading scholars and numismatists, Emeritus Professor John Melville-Jone AM.
Articles & Chapters by Lee L Brice
Women and the Army in the Roman Empire, 2024
While we do not have a surfeit of literary sources for Roman women in any venue outside Rome, the... more While we do not have a surfeit of literary sources for Roman women in any venue outside Rome, they are especially thin for women in castra. That said, detailed analysis of the archaeological, epigraphic, and literary materials reveals not only their presence, but some of the women’s activities and roles in the camps. Instead of seeking to prove women were present in the castra, since we know they were there, this chapter focuses on what we know about the activities of one group of women, the most visible group – elite Roman women, who accompanied or traveled to their husbands on military assignments during the early Principate.13 This choice is not to privilege elite women above others, but is made because women of other classes, including enslaved women, in camps are less visible in our literary sources and the archaeological record. We start by discussing our sources and their biases, and then move to define what we refer to as “elite women” before presenting the roles and activities of elite women in the camps using Agrippina the Elder as a case study.
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This book is open access and available online.
Part One contextualizes Fagan’s scholarship, demonstrating the diversity of his interests and his impact. Part Two considers the intersection between people and core state institutions: army, law, and religion. Part Three examines Roman social and cultural institutions such as the baths, arena, historiography, and provincial elite society. https://brill.com/view/title/58975
Covering the time period from Archaic Greece to the Late Roman Empire, the text asks questions of both new and re-examined old evidence and discusses the everyday military life of soldiers and veterans. Chapters address unique topics such as neurophysiological explanations for why some soldiers panic and others do not in the same battle, Greek society’s handling of combat trauma in returning veterans, the moral aspects and human elements of ancient sieges, medical care in the late Roman Empire, and the personal experience of military servicemembers and their families. Each chapter is self-contained to allow readers to explore topics in any order they prefer.
Providing new material and topical focus, New Approaches to Greek and Roman Warfare is an ideal text for Greek History or Roman History courses, particularly those focusing on ancient warfare, as well as scholars and general readers with interest in the ancient militaries.
Journal edited by Lee L Brice
Articles & Chapters by Lee L Brice