Rome Without Walls: Power, Deterrence, and the Foundations of Political Fear
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Technologies: Advanced Sensors, Radar, Lidar & Optronics. A sourced, structured 5-page analysis for European defence and dual-use decision-makers, from the DFM research desk and built on official and primary sources.
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In contemporary European strategic discourse, security is frequently conflated with defense—as if the construction of physical barriers, the deployment of military assets, or the expansion of surveillance capabilities could, in and of themselves, guarantee strategic stability. Yet the historical experience of Rome presents a strikingly different model.
In the Roman conception of power, security was not derived from defense but from deterrence. What preserved the city and the empire was not the strength of its walls, but the perception—widely shared and deeply rooted—that any aggression would be met with rapid, overwhelming, and inescapable retaliation.
Key questions this report answers
- Why does the report argue that in the Roman conception of power security was derived from deterrence rather than defense?
- How did the perception that any aggression would meet rapid, overwhelming, and inescapable retaliation preserve Rome without reliance on walls?
- In what way does contemporary European strategic discourse conflate security with defense through barriers, military assets, and surveillance?
- What lessons does the Roman model of deterrence offer for foundations of political fear in current European strategy?
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