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Title: Byzantium and Its Army 284-1081 by Warren Treadgold ISBN: 0-8047-3163-2 Publisher: Stanford University Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Anything BUT warfare
Comment: This book is NOT what you'd expect. It has quite little information on strategy, weapons and all other "military" aspects, and 80% of the book is devoted to things such as size, pay and organization.
If you want to find out about byzantine warfare, just read "Strategykon" of Mavrikios and "Taktika" of Nikephoros Phocas... (Last one is sold as "Sowing the dragon's teeth").
Rating: 5
Summary: Authoritative work on period and subject.
Comment: "Byzantium and Its Army" covers the evolution of the (Eastern) Roman army from the time of Diocletian until the decline of the Byzantine military after the battle of Manzikert. During this period (284-1081 A.D.) the Byzantine army displayed incredible adaptability and managed to hold its own whether fighting axe-wielding barbarians or nimble nomad horsemen, protecting the extensive frontiers of the Empire, while remaining a major factor of the political stage. This work is unique, because it is focused on the army itself and gives answers to many questions arising from the cursory treatment of the Byzantine military history by many other scholars. As far as I know it is the only book about the Byzantine army (except Bartusis' "The Late Byzantine Army: Arms and Society, 1204-1453", which, however, covers an other period, when the fractured remains of the Empire could do nothing more but bid for time). It is an excellent piece of work that has filled a major gap in the field of Byzantine studies and helped me a lot. Personally, even though I liked the book a lot (besides its uniqueness, it is sensibly laid out and well produced, provided with nice maps and interesting statistical tables), I would have preferred a more extensive study of the army's impact on Byzantine politics, as it focuses mainly on issues such as organization, size and pay. However, I would have underestimated this book's importance and its author's contribution to the subject by giving it any lower rating.
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Title: Maurice's Strategikon: Handbook of Byzantine Military Strategy by George T. Dennis ISBN: 0812217721 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.50 |
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Title: A History of the Byzantine State and Society by Warren Treadgold, Treadgold ISBN: 0804726302 Publisher: Stanford University Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $37.95 |
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Title: Romano-Byzantine Armies 4th - 9th Century (Men-At-Arms, No. 247) by David Nicolle ISBN: 1855322242 Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) Pub. Date: 01 October, 1992 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Byzantine Armies 886-1118 (Men-At-Arms, No 89) by Ian Heath ISBN: 0850453062 Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) Pub. Date: 01 February, 1979 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Alexiad of Anna Comnena (The Penguin Classics) by Anna Comnena, Edgar Robert Ashton Sewter ISBN: 0140442154 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1979 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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