Esercito gentilizio aristocratico e fanteria cittadina democratica? A proposito di un recente volume di Filippo Andreatta

Abstract

In this contribution, starting from some interesting notations by Filippo Andreatta, International Relations and Strategic Studies professor, (“there is a strong bond between ways to fight and social, cultural and institutional features of the political communities that adopt them”, “we can’t understand the military power without look at the society as a whole”) we tried to demonstrate that the army way to fight preceding the Servian reform could reflect a not equal social condition among his members. In modern terminology we can call that situation as a condition of not democracy.