FIGHTING FOR ROME. SOME CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE SOLDIER’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS ROME
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25 March 2026
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15 March 2013
Abstract
WHEN WE SPEAK OF THE HISTORY OF THE ROMAN WORLD WE SPEAK OF CONQUERORS, OF VICTORIES AND DEFEATS, AND IMPLICITLY OF SOLDIERS. SINCE THE BEGINNINGS OF ROME THE SOLDIER APPEARS AS A POWERFUL “ENTITY” THAT FOUGHT TO ENSURE THE ETERNITY OF THE STATE, EMBRACING A GLORIOUS DEATH. WHAT MADE THE ROMAN SOLDIER READY TO GIVE HIS LIFE F OR THE WELFARE OF THE STATE? THIS STUDY OFFER S POSSIBLE ANSWERS TO THIS MYSTERY BY ANALYZING SOME OF THE LITERARY SOURCES OF THE PERIOD . I WILL UNDERLINE HOW THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CHANGES THAT TRANSFORMED THE REPU BLIC INTO THE ROMAN EMPIRE ALSO CHANGED T HE SOLDIER‟S ATTITUDE AND HIS “PATRIOTISM” TOWARDS THE ROMAN STATE.
Keywords
ROMAN SOLDIER
“PATRIOTISM”
MILITARY COMMUNITY
DONATIVA
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