I keep coming back to the metaphor of a 'playbook' when it comes to pre-modern logistics. I think it is much better than trying to think in terms of a logistics 'system.' That's not to say that pre-modern logistics is dumb or underdeveloped though.... 1/21
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So private businessmen filling public contracts probably had some role - but a smaller and less important (and presumably less lucrative) one that has long been supposed.
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Also, on the road system, note Luttwak's observation (Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire (1976), 67ff) about the interaction of vertical vs. horizontal roads. A lot of Roman roads didn't reach back to bases of supply, but connected one frontier region to another.
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