Written in the late sixties by the late professor webster this was the book about the institution that was the roman army in the 1st and 2nd centuries ad academic and very detailed this work was a significant breakthrough at a time where most historians simply didnt worried too much about military history. Written in the late sixties by the late professor webster this was the book about the institution that was the roman army in the 1st and 2nd centuries ad academic and very detailed this work was a significant breakthrough at a time where most historians simply didnt worried too much about military history. The roman imperial army of the first and second centuries ad graham webster this classic work of scholarship scrutinizes all aspects of roman military forces throughout the roman empire in europe north africa and the near and middle east. The roman imperial army of the first and second centuries ad 1732 words 7 pages for over five hundred years the romans empire flourished conquered and then controlled much of what was to them the known world. The roman imperial army of the first and second centuries ad graham webster this classic work of scholarship scrutinizes all aspects of roman military forces throughout the roman empire in europe north africa and the near and middle east graham webster describes the roman armys composition frontier systems camps and forts activities in