Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Studies-A Tenth-Century Byzantine Military Manual: The Sylloge Tacticorum The Sylloge Tacticorum

Name: Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Studies-A Tenth-Century Byzantine Military Manual: The Sylloge Tacticorum
Author: Georgios Chatzelis

Auteur: Georgios Chatzelis

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Georgios Chatzelis Jonathan Harris

Engels
Hardcover
9781472470287
23 juni 2017
182 pagina's

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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.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 23 juni 2017
Aantal pagina's: 182
Illustraties: Nee

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Hoofdauteur: Georgios Chatzelis
Tweede Auteur: Jonathan Harris
Hoofduitgeverij: Routledge

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Eerste Vertaler: Georgios Chatzelis

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Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 156 mm
Product lengte: 234 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 156 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 234 mm
Verpakking lengte: 234 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 453 g

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Categorieën: Mens & Maatschappij

Geschiedenis

Defensie & Oorlogsvoering

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Gevechtsvaardigheden

Oude beschavingen

Byzantijnse Rijk

Periodes

Middeleeuwen (500-1500)

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Boek, ebook of luisterboek?: Boek
Taal: Engels
Beschikbaarheid: Leverbaar
Periode: Oudheid, Middeleeuwen

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