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Three Byzantine Military Treatises

Author : George T. Dennis
Publisher : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Three Byzantine Military Treatises written by George T. Dennis and published by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection. This book was released on 1985 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Threatened on all sides by relentless enemies for a thousand years, the Byzantines needed ready armies and secure borders. To this end, experienced commanders compiled practical handbooks of military strategy. Three such manuals are presented here. The Anonymous Byzantine Treatise on Strategy was written by a retired combat engineer around the middle of the sixth century, while Skirmishing and Campaign Organization and Tactics date from the late tenth century and concern warfare in the mountains along the Syrian frontier and campaigns in the rugged terrain of the Balkans. These treatises provide information not only on tactics and weaponry but also on the motivations of the men who risked their lives to defend the empire.

Maurice's Strategikon

Author : Maurice (Emperor of the East)
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 9780812217728
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book Maurice's Strategikon written by Maurice (Emperor of the East) and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a veteran campaigner, the Byzantine emperor Maurice (582-602) compiled a unique and influential handbook intended for the field commander. In this first complete English translation, the Strategikon is an invaluable source not only for early Byzantine history but for the general history of the art of war. Describing in detail weaponry and armor, daily life on the march or in camp, clothing, food, medical care, military law, and titles of the Byzantine army of the seventh century, the Strategikon offers insights into the Byzantine military ethos. In language contemporary, down-to-earth, and practical, the text also provides important data for the historian, and even the ethnologist, including eyewitness accounts of the Persians, Slavs, Lombards, and Avars at the frontier of the Empire.

Warfare, State And Society In The Byzantine World 560-1204

Author : John Haldon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135364370
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book Warfare, State And Society In The Byzantine World 560-1204 written by John Haldon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warfare, State and Society in the Byznatine World is the first comprehensive study of the warfare and the Byzantine World from the sixth to the twelfth century. The book examines Byzantine attitudes to warfare, the effects of war on society and culture, and the relations between the soldiers, their leaders and society. The communications, logistics, resources and manpower capabilities of the Byzantine Empire are explored to set warfare in its geographical as well as historical context. In addition to the strategic and tactical evolution of the army, this book analyses the army in campaign and in battle, and its attitudes to violence in the context of the Byzantine Orthodox Church.

The Taktika of Leo VI

Author : Leo VI (Emperor of the East)
Publisher : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
ISBN 13 : 9780884023944
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (239 download)

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Book Synopsis The Taktika of Leo VI by : Leo VI (Emperor of the East)

Download or read book The Taktika of Leo VI written by Leo VI (Emperor of the East) and published by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A modern critical edition of the complete text of the 'Takita', including a facing English translation, explanatory notes, and extensive indexes.

Byzantine Military Rhetoric in the Ninth Century

Author : Georgios Theotokis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000390020
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Byzantine Military Rhetoric in the Ninth Century written by Georgios Theotokis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Byzantine Military Rhetoric in the Ninth Century is the first English translation of the ninth-century Anonymi Byzantini Rhetorica Militaris. This influential text offers a valuable insight into the warrior ethic of the period, the role of religion in the justification of war, and the view of other military cultures by the Byzantine elite. It also played a crucial role in the compilation of the tenth-century Taktika and Constantine VII’s harangues during a period of intense military activity for the Byzantine Empire on its eastern borders. Including a detailed commentary and critical introduction to the author and the structure of the text, this book will appeal to all those interested in Byzantine political ideology and military history.

Byzantine Fortifications

Author : Nikos D. Kontogiannis
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
ISBN 13 : 1526710277
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Byzantine Fortifications written by Nikos D. Kontogiannis and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2022-06-02 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wide-ranging study examines the Byzantine Empire’s network of military fortifications from the Aegean to Asia Minor and Africa. The Byzantine empire was one of the most powerful forces in the Mediterranean and Near East for over a thousand years. Strong military organization, anchored by widespread fortifications, was essential for its defense—yet this aspect of its history is often neglected. Historian Nikos Kontogiannis corrects this oversight with this ambitious account of Byzantine fortifications, detailing their construction and development as well as their role in times of war. Byzantine Fortifications combines the results of decades of wide-ranging archaeological work with an account of the armies, weapons, tactics and defensive strategies of the empire throughout its long history. Fortifications built in every region of the empire are covered, from those in Mesopotamia, Syria, and Africa, to those in Asia Minor, the Aegean and the Balkan peninsula.

Byzantine Warfare

Author : John Haldon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351953745
Total Pages : 587 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Byzantine Warfare written by John Haldon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warfare was an integral part of the operations of the medieval eastern Roman, or Byzantine, Empire, both in its organization, as well as in social thinking and political ideology. This volume presents a selection of articles dealing with key aspects of Byzantine attitudes to war and violence, with military administration and organization at tactical and strategic levels, weapons and armaments and war-making itself; discussions which make an important contribution to answering the questions of how and why the empire survived as long as it did.

Military Thought of Asia

Author : Kaushik Roy
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000210693
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Military Thought of Asia written by Kaushik Roy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-04 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Military Thought of Asia challenges the assertion that the generation of rational secular ideas about the conduct of warfare is the preserve of the West, by analysing the history of ideas of warfare in Asia from the ancient period to the present. The volume takes a transcontinental and comparative approach to provide a broad overview of the evolution of military thought in Asia. The military traditions and theories which have emerged in different parts of Eurasia throughout history are products of geopolitics and unique to the different regions. The book considers the systematic and tight representation of ideas by famous figures including Kautlya and Sun Tzu. At the same time, it also highlights publications on military affairs by small men like mid-ranking officers and scattered ideas regarding the origin, nature and societal impact of organised violence present in miscellaneous sources like coins, inscriptions, paintings and fictional literature. In so doing, the book fills a historiographical gap in scholarship on military thought, which marginalises Asia to the part of cameo, and historicises the evolution of theory and the praxis of warfare. The volume shows that the ‘East’ has a long unbroken tradition of conceptualising war and its place in society from the Classical Era to the Information Age. It is essential reading for those interested in the evolution of military thought throughout history, particularly in Asia.

The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire

Author : Edward N. Luttwak
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 067425564X
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire written by Edward N. Luttwak and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, the distinguished writer Edward N. Luttwak presents the grand strategy of the eastern Roman empire we know as Byzantine, which lasted more than twice as long as the more familiar western Roman empire, eight hundred years by the shortest definition. This extraordinary endurance is all the more remarkable because the Byzantine empire was favored neither by geography nor by military preponderance. Yet it was the western empire that dissolved during the fifth century. The Byzantine empire so greatly outlasted its western counterpart because its rulers were able to adapt strategically to diminished circumstances, by devising new ways of coping with successive enemies. It relied less on military strength and more on persuasion—to recruit allies, dissuade threatening neighbors, and manipulate potential enemies into attacking one another instead. Even when the Byzantines fought—which they often did with great skill—they were less inclined to destroy their enemies than to contain them, for they were aware that today’s enemies could be tomorrow’s allies. Born in the fifth century when the formidable threat of Attila’s Huns were deflected with a minimum of force, Byzantine strategy continued to be refined over the centuries, incidentally leaving for us several fascinating guidebooks to statecraft and war. The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire is a broad, interpretive account of Byzantine strategy, intelligence, and diplomacy over the course of eight centuries that will appeal to scholars, classicists, military history buffs, and professional soldiers.

The Byzantine Art of War

Author : Michael J. Decker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781594162718
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (627 download)

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Download or read book The Byzantine Art of War written by Michael J. Decker and published by . This book was released on 2016-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Complete Overview of One of the Most Important Military Forces in the History of the World The Byzantine Art of War explores the military history of the thousand-year empire of the eastern Mediterranean, Byzantium. Throughout its history the empire faced a multitude of challenges from foreign invaders seeking to plunder its wealth and to occupy its lands, from the deadly Hunnic hordes of Attila, to the Arab armies of Islam, to the western Crusaders bent on carving out a place in the empire or its former lands. In order to survive the Byzantines relied on their army that was for centuries the only standing, professional force in Europe. Leadership provided another key to survival; Byzantine society produced a number of capable strategic thinkers and tacticians--and several brilliant ones. These officers maintained a level of professionalism and organization inherited and adapted from Roman models. The innovations of the Byzantine military reforms of the sixth century included the use of steppe nomad equipment and tactics, the most important of which was the refinement of the Roman mounted archer. Strategy and tactics evolved in the face of victory and defeat; the shock of the Arab conquests led to a sharp decline in the number and quality of imperial forces. By the eighth and ninth centuries Byzantine commanders mastered the art of the small war, waging guerrilla campaigns, raids, and flying column attacks that injured the enemy but avoided the decisive confrontation the empire was no longer capable of winning. A century later they began the most sustained, glorious military expansion of their history. This work further sketches the key campaigns, battles, and sieges that illustrate Byzantine military doctrine, vital changes from one era to another, the composition of forces and the major victories and defeats that defined the territory and material well-being of its citizens. Through a summary of their strategies, tactics, and innovations in the tools of war, the book closes with an analysis of the contributions of this remarkable empire to world military history.

Byzantine Military Rhetoric in the Ninth Century

Author : Georgios Theotokis
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000389995
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Byzantine Military Rhetoric in the Ninth Century written by Georgios Theotokis and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Byzantine Military Rhetoric in the Ninth Century is the first English translation of the ninth-century Anonymi Byzantini Rhetorica Militaris. This influential text offers a valuable insight into the warrior ethic of the period, the role of religion in the justification of war, and the view of other military cultures by the Byzantine elite. It also played a crucial role in the compilation of the tenth-century Taktika and Constantine VII’s harangues during a period of intense military activity for the Byzantine Empire on its eastern borders. Including a detailed commentary and critical introduction to the author and the structure of the text, this book will appeal to all those interested in Byzantine political ideology and military history.

The Materiality of the Horse

Author : Miriam A. Bibby
Publisher : Trivent Publishing
ISBN 13 : 6158179337
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (581 download)

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Download or read book The Materiality of the Horse written by Miriam A. Bibby and published by Trivent Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-31 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by our age-old fascination with equids, Materiality of the Horse brings the latest academic research in equine history to a wider readership. Themes examined within the book by specialist contributors include explorations of material culture relating to horses and what this discloses about the horse-human relationship; fresh observations on significant medieval horse-related texts from Europe and the Islamic world; and revealing insights into the effect of the introduction of horses into indigenous cultures in South America. Thought-provoking and original, Materiality of the Horse is the second volume in Trivent Publishing's innovative "Rewriting Equestrian History" series.

A Tenth-Century Byzantine Military Manual: The Sylloge Tacticorum

Author :
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317186397
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book A Tenth-Century Byzantine Military Manual: The Sylloge Tacticorum written by and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-14 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sylloge Tacticorum is a mid-Byzantine example of the literary genre of military manuals or Taktika which stretches back to antiquity. It was one of a number produced during the tenth century CE, a period when the Byzantine empire enjoyed a large measure of success in its wars against its traditional enemy, the Arabs. Compiled to record and preserve military strategies, know-how, and tactics, the manual discusses a wide variety of matters: battle formations, raids, sieges, ambushes, surprise attacks, the treatment of prisoners of war and defectors, distribution of booty, punishment of military offences, how to mount effective espionage, and how to send and receive envoys. There is even advice on the personal qualities required by generals, on how to neutralize enemy horses, and on how to protect the troops against poisoned food. The work culminates in an account of the stratagems employed by great Greek and Roman military commanders of the past. While, like so much of Byzantine literature, the Sylloge often simply reproduces material found in earlier texts, it also preserves a great deal of information about the military tactics being developed by the Byzantine army during the tenth century. It is the first Byzantine source to record the reappearance of a specialized heavy cavalry (the kataphraktoi) and of a specialized infantry (the menavlatoi) used to repel the attacks of the opposing heavy cavalry. There is also a great deal of information on new infantry and cavalry formations and on the new tactics that required them. This is the first complete translation of the Sylloge into English. It is accompanied by a glossary of the specialised Greek military vocabulary used in the work and by footnotes which explain obscure references and identify the author’s classical and Byzantine sources. An introduction places the work in its historical and literary context and considers some of the questions that have remained unanswered over the centuries, such as its authorship and the date of its composition.

Reader's Guide to Military History

Author : Charles Messenger
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135959706
Total Pages : 985 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book Reader's Guide to Military History written by Charles Messenger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 985 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains some 600 entries on a range of topics from ancient Chinese warfare to late 20th-century intervention operations. Designed for a wide variety of users, it encompasses general reviews of aspects of military organization and science, as well as specific wars and conflicts. The book examines naval and air warfare, as well as significant individuals, including commanders, theorists, and war leaders. Each entry includes a listing of additional publications on the topic, accompanied by an article discussing these publications with reference to their particular emphases, strengths, and limitations.

Byzantine Military Manuals as Literary Works and Practical Handbooks

Author : Georgios Chatzelis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429947763
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Byzantine Military Manuals as Literary Works and Practical Handbooks written by Georgios Chatzelis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies the Sylloge Tacticorum, an important tenth-century Byzantine military manual. The text is used as a case study to connect military manuals with the challenges that Byzantium faced in its wars with the Arabs, but also with other aspects of Byzantine society such as education, politics, and conventions in the productions of literary texts and historical narratives. The book explores when the Sylloge was written and by whom. It identifies which passages from classical or earlier works were incorporated in the Sylloge and explains the reason why Byzantines imitated works of the past. The book then studies the extent to which the Sylloge was original and how innovation and originality were received in Byzantine society. Despite the imitation, the author of the Sylloge adapted and updated his material to reflect the current operational needs as well as the ideological, cultural and religious context of his time. Finally, the book attempts to estimate the extent to which Byzantine generals followed the advice of military manuals, and to explore whether historical narratives can be safely used to draw information as to how the Byzantines and the Arabs fought. Therefore, along with a detailed study of the Sylloge Tacticorum, this monograph also addresses broader issues of the pen and the sword such as military manuals in connection with Byzantine warfare, politics, literature, historiography and education.

A Companion to Byzantine Science

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004414614
Total Pages : 674 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book A Companion to Byzantine Science written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-01-13 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science in Byzantium has rarely been systematically explored. A first of its kind, this collection of essays highlights the disciplines, achievements, and contexts of Byzantine science across the eleven centuries of the Byzantine empire. After an introduction on science in Byzantium and the 21st century, and a study of Christianization and the teaching of science in Byzantium, it offers a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the scientific disciplines cultivated in Byzantium, from the exact to the natural sciences, medicine, polemology, and the occult sciences. The volume showcases the diversity and vivacity of the varied scientific endeavours in the Byzantine world across its long history, and aims to bring the field into broader conversations within Byzantine studies, medieval studies, and history of science. Contributors are Fabio Acerbi, Anne-Laurence Caudano, Gonzalo Andreotti Cruz, Katerina Ierodiakonou, Herve Inglebert, Stavros Lazaris, Divna Manolova, Maria K. Papathanassiou, Inmaculada Pérez Martín, Thomas Salmon, Ioannis Telelis, Anne Tihon, Alain Touwaide, Arnaud Zucker.

Warfare, State And Society In The Byzantine World 560-1204

Author : John Haldon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135364362
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book Warfare, State And Society In The Byzantine World 560-1204 written by John Haldon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11-01 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warfare, State and Society in the Byznatine World is the first comprehensive study of the warfare and the Byzantine World from the sixth to the twelfth century. The book examines Byzantine attitudes to warfare, the effects of war on society and culture, and the relations between the soldiers, their leaders and society. The communications, logistics, resources and manpower capabilities of the Byzantine Empire are explored to set warfare in its geographical as well as historical context. In addition to the strategic and tactical evolution of the army, this book analyses the army in campaign and in battle, and its attitudes to violence in the context of the Byzantine Orthodox Church.