So if I understand correctly, @mewalters101, @marjoriegalelli, @dr_tgpeterson, @BrianDrohan, @natkpowell, and I will participate in a roundtable on pacification and all its related elements.
Stay tuned for a digital host platform.
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I can certainly talk about Roman pacification strategies in the provinces. Obviously the political and cultural environment is a lot different - Rome can 'get away' with a lot more brutal pacification in a situation where the 'norms of war' are more permissive.
But at the same time, the total level of force for the Romans is a lot lower. No police forces, they are reliant on local (non-Roman) authorities in many cases. Flood-the-zone COIN for them is impossible, so they're forced to work through local agents.
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I suppose one could argue then that mass indiscriminate killings were partly a result of the prohibitive costs of intelligence collection?
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Roman authorities often rely on local leaders for intelligence collection (this is clearest, ironically, in the persecution of Christians). I think the better way of seeing mass violence is 'exemplary violence' is one a in the Roman toolbox. pour encourager les autres.
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