{"product_id":"batos-war-the-great-illyrian-revolt-and-the-limits-of-roman-power-paperback","title":"Bato's War: The Great Illyrian Revolt and the Limits of Roman Power - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCiarán Bunting\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the spring of 6 AD, Rome stood at the height of its power - poised to extend its frontier to the Elbe, master of the Mediterranean world, seemingly invincible. Then Illyricum erupted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Great Illyrian Revolt, known to the Romans as the Bellum Batonianum, was the most dangerous provincial uprising the early Roman Empire ever faced. Led by two rebel commanders who shared a name - Bato the Daesitiate and Bato the Breucian - trained in Roman military methods and fighting in terrain that neutralized Rome's numerical superiority, the revolt held out for four years against ten Roman legions. It forced Augustus to abandon the greatest military campaign of his reign, emptied the imperial treasury, and, through the chain of consequences it set in motion, helped fix the limits of the Roman world at the Rhine and Danube forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBato's War\u003c\/em\u003e reconstructs this forgotten war in full - the guerrilla campaigns in the Bosnian karst, the famine strategy that broke the northern coalition, the fire at Arduba, and the exchange at Andetrium where the rebel leader Bato gave Roman civilization one of its most penetrating self-critiques: you sent wolves to guard your flocks, not shepherds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA story of empire, resistance, and the price of power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 434\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.97 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 04, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50527435882693,"sku":"9798235200357","price":48.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/TamJ2QgRFn9798235200357.webp?v=1790207488","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/batos-war-the-great-illyrian-revolt-and-the-limits-of-roman-power-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}