A Tenth-Century Byzantine Military Manual: The Sylloge Tacticorum
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, an…
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Weitere Autoren: Harris, Jonathan
- ISBN: 978-1-317-18640-3
- EAN: 9781317186403
- Produktnummer: 30100018
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 182 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 1'935 KB
Über den Autor
Georgios Chatzelis is a PhD student at Royal Holloway University of London, UK. Jonathan Harris is Professor of the History of Byzantium at Royal Holloway University of London, UK.
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