Combattre de loin chez les Romains: Réalités et représentations culturelles (Ier siècle a.C.-IIIe siècle p.C.). Chypre yet anchored in the Western

yet anchored in the Western European continent

who have notably amassed a magnificent collection of pre-Columbian art

mais aussi comme symboles de pouvoir et d'identité

as well as other funerary equipment

Combattre de loin chez les Romains: Réalités et représentations culturelles (Ier siècle a.C.-IIIe siècle p.C.). Chypre yet anchored in the WesternThis book studies the place of long distance combat in war Roman between the 1st century BC and the 3rd century AD. It proposes to shed new light on a way of fighting long considered secondary by a part of the ancient authors and modern historians. Now the Romans, far from having despised projectiles (arrows, slingshots, javelins or stones), have perfectly integrated them into their art of war. The increase in the use of these weapons in combat