@article{ART002852163},
author={Bae Eun Suk},
title={Analysis of cases of abandonment of siege by the Roman army during the republican period},
journal={인문논총 },
issn={2005-6222},
year={2022},
volume={58},
pages={259-279},
doi={10.33638/JHS.58.10}
TY - JOUR
AU - Bae Eun Suk
TI - Analysis of cases of abandonment of siege by the Roman army during the republican period
JO - 인문논총
PY - 2022
VL - 58
IS - null
PB - Institute for Human studies, Kyungnam University
SP - 259
EP - 279
SN - 2005-6222
AB - This study analyzes the cases of republican Rome giving up the siege and the reasons for it. Scholars argued that there was no case of the Roman army giving up siege because of its strong aggressive tendencies. However, after analyzing a total of 167 sieges during the republican period, there were 28 cases where the Romans gave up sieges. Analyzing the reasons for abandoning the siege, there were times when there was a problem with the lack of siege equipment or the situation of the soldiers, that is, there was a problem with the Roman army. There were also times when the defensive force resisted by burning the Roman siege equipment, or gave up by responding to the Romans with swords and wild animals. In other words, the siege was abandoned when the resistance of the defensive force was not enough.
Rome preferred a strategy of direct attack rather than simply building a encirclement net and waiting. As the Roman army aggressively entered the city or fortress of the defensive force, the latter had no choice but to respond for survival. The strong resistance of the the defensive force led to the abandonment of the siege. Scholars argued that the Romans never gave up siege because of their aggressive tendencies. However, it was not without the abandonment of the siege because the Roman army had an aggressive tendencies. Because the Roman army showed aggressive tendencies, more than half of them gave up the siege due to strong resistance from the the defensive force. Therefore, it can be said that there is a close relationship between the offensive tendency of the Roman army and the abandonment of the siege.
KW - siege warfare;abandonment of the siege;encirclement net;aggressive tendencies;siege equipment;reinforcements;resistance
DO - 10.33638/JHS.58.10
ER -
Bae Eun Suk. (2022). Analysis of cases of abandonment of siege by the Roman army during the republican period. 인문논총 , 58, 259-279.
Bae Eun Suk. 2022, "Analysis of cases of abandonment of siege by the Roman army during the republican period", 인문논총 , vol.58, pp.259-279. Available from: doi:10.33638/JHS.58.10
Bae Eun Suk "Analysis of cases of abandonment of siege by the Roman army during the republican period" 인문논총 58 pp.259-279 (2022) : 259.
Bae Eun Suk. Analysis of cases of abandonment of siege by the Roman army during the republican period. 2022; 58 259-279. Available from: doi:10.33638/JHS.58.10
Bae Eun Suk. "Analysis of cases of abandonment of siege by the Roman army during the republican period" 인문논총 58(2022) : 259-279.doi: 10.33638/JHS.58.10
Bae Eun Suk. Analysis of cases of abandonment of siege by the Roman army during the republican period. 인문논총 , 58, 259-279. doi: 10.33638/JHS.58.10
Bae Eun Suk. Analysis of cases of abandonment of siege by the Roman army during the republican period. 인문논총 . 2022; 58 259-279. doi: 10.33638/JHS.58.10
Bae Eun Suk. Analysis of cases of abandonment of siege by the Roman army during the republican period. 2022; 58 259-279. Available from: doi:10.33638/JHS.58.10
Bae Eun Suk. "Analysis of cases of abandonment of siege by the Roman army during the republican period" 인문논총 58(2022) : 259-279.doi: 10.33638/JHS.58.10
