Chris poses this question for Murray.
'More Roman soldiers were killed in the civil wars against other Roman soldiers than any other adversary. Why was it so easy for usurpers to convince their soldiers to fight against their brethren? And why didn't emperors try to change whatever facilitated this kind of behaviour?'
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AWA288 - Taking Position on the Right
AW287 - The Marcomannic Wars
AWA286 - Low Casualty figures
AWA285 - Where are the Light Armed Troops?
AWA284 - Comparing the Byzantine conquest of Vandal North Africa with the Punic Wars
AWA283 - Why did the Macedonian phalanx struggle against the Greek mercenary hoplites at Issus?
AW282 - Alexander Attacks Persia
AWA281 - What are you hoping to see when the scrolls from Herculaneum are scanned?
AWA280 - When guides betray
AWA279 - Roman interactions with Dacia
AW278 - Publius Quinctilius Varus and the Teutoburg Disaster
AWA277 - AWA Got a Postcard!
AWA276 - Should Marcus Aurelius have chosen a different successor?
AWA275 - Crassus at Carrhae
AW274 - The Julio-Claudian legion
AWA273 - The stagnation of the phalanx
AWA272 - Targeting battlefield leaders
AWA270 - The battle of the Hydaspes
AW269 - The impact of weather on conflict
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