The first comprehensive history of Byzantine warfare in the tenth century
This book examines the strategies and military tactics of the Byzantines and their enemies in Eastern Anatolia, Syria and in Upper Mesopotamia in the tenth century.
This book examines the strategies and military tactics of the Byzantines and their enemies in Eastern Anatolia, Syria and in Upper Mesopotamia in the tenth century. This period of conflict is difficult to define: it was too inactive to be called a 'war' but too active to be called a 'cold war'. Nevertheless, it was a 'war', even if it lacked the numerous pitched battles or protracted sieges that defined other periods or other operational theatres of war. This study examines the way the Byzantines innovated and adapted their strategies and tactics to those of their enemies in the East, giving a rich picture of tenth-century Byzantine warfare.
“An excellent look at the very important conflict between the Byzantines and the Arabs”
Dr. Kelly DeVries, Professor of History, Loyola University Maryland
Georgios Theotokis is Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Byzantine Studies Research Centre, Boฤaziรงi University, Istanbul. He is the author of Norman Campaigns in the Balkans 1081-1108 (2014) and editor of Military History of the Mediterranean Sea (2018).
'An excellent look at the very important conflict between the Byzantines and the Arabs'Kelly DeVries, Professor of History, Loyola University MarylandThe first comprehensive history of Byzantine warfare in the tenth centuryThis book examines the strategies and military tactics of the Byzantines and their enemies in Eastern Anatolia, Syria and in Upper Mesopotamia in the tenth century. The period of conflict is difficult to define. It was too inactive to be called a 'war' but too active to be called a 'cold war'. Nevertheless, it was a 'war', even if it lacked the numerous pitched battles or protracted sieges that defined other periods or other operational theatres of war. This study examines the way the Byzantines innovated and adapted their strategies and tactics to those of their enemies in the East, giving a rich picture of tenth-century Byzantine warfare.Key Features Examines the major and most important pitched battles of this period and the Byzantine and Arab military manuals which show how armies were organised and deployed in the battlefield Looks at how the Byzantines adapted their strategies and tactics to those of their enemies in the tenth-century Anatolia, Syria and Mesopotamia* Shows the transmission of military knowledge through the ages by comparing the military treatises of the tenth century with those from the Roman and Ancient Greek periodsGeorgios Theotokis is Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Byzantine Studies Research Centre, Bo'azi
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