Imperium Maris

Tradition affirms that the power of Rome was based mainly on its legions, that its citizens feared the sea and that they only left their land when there was no alternative. Nothing is further from reality. Rome was also a great maritime empire, and it proved it by imposing itself on all its enemies until it dominated the seas and rivers. Their prosperity was largely based on their military hegemony in the seas for centuries, where they fought against Carthaginians, Egyptians, Seleucids or Macedonians among others. Nor would it have lasted without the development of maritime trade, which efficiently provided all its territories with essential resources for their maintenance and expansion. Arturo S. Sanz masterfully collects the maritime history of Rome in all its settings, addressing its trajectory from multiple areas, to bring the reader a new way of knowing and, above all, understanding, the history of one of the greatest empires that the world has seen.