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Byzantine Military Tactics in Syria and Mesopotamia in the Tenth Century : A Comparative Study / Georgios Theotokis.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: 2018Description: 1 online resource (360 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781474431033
  • 9781474431057
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 355.4/20949509021
LOC classification:
  • U43.B9 T44 2018
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Rulers -- Map 1 Anatolia and Upper Mesopotamia -- Map 2 Armenian Themes and Principalities -- Introduction -- 1 The ‘Grand Strategy’ of the Byzantine Empire -- 2 Byzantine and Arab Strategies and Campaigning Tactics in Cilicia and Anatolia (Eighth–Tenth Centuries) -- 3 The Empire’s Foreign Policy in the East and the Key Role of Armenia (c. 870–965) -- 4 The Byzantine View of their Enemies on the Battlefield: The Arabs -- 5 Methods of Transmission of (Military) Knowledge (I): Reconnaissance, Intelligence -- 6 Methods of Transmission of (Military) Knowledge (II): Espionage -- 7 Tactical Changes in the Byzantine Armies of the Tenth Century: Theory and Practice on the Battlefields of the East -- 8 Tactical Changes in the Byzantine Armies of the Tenth Century: Investigating the Root Causes -- 9 Byzantine–Arab Battles of the Tenth Century: Evidence of Innovation and Adaptation in the Chronicler Sources -- 10 Tactical Innovation and Adaptation in the Byzantine Army of the Tenth Century: The Study of the Battles -- Summaries and Conclusions -- Primary Bibliography -- Secondary Bibliography -- Index
Summary: The 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. 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.Key FeaturesExamines the major and most important pitched battles of this period and the Byzantine and Arab military manuals which show how armies were organized and deployed in the battlefield Looks at how the Byzantines adapted their strategies and tactics to those of their enemies in the 10th century Anatolia, Syria and MesopotamiaShows the transmission of military knowledge through the ages by comparing the military treatises of the 10th century with those from the Roman and Ancient Greek periods
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Rulers -- Map 1 Anatolia and Upper Mesopotamia -- Map 2 Armenian Themes and Principalities -- Introduction -- 1 The ‘Grand Strategy’ of the Byzantine Empire -- 2 Byzantine and Arab Strategies and Campaigning Tactics in Cilicia and Anatolia (Eighth–Tenth Centuries) -- 3 The Empire’s Foreign Policy in the East and the Key Role of Armenia (c. 870–965) -- 4 The Byzantine View of their Enemies on the Battlefield: The Arabs -- 5 Methods of Transmission of (Military) Knowledge (I): Reconnaissance, Intelligence -- 6 Methods of Transmission of (Military) Knowledge (II): Espionage -- 7 Tactical Changes in the Byzantine Armies of the Tenth Century: Theory and Practice on the Battlefields of the East -- 8 Tactical Changes in the Byzantine Armies of the Tenth Century: Investigating the Root Causes -- 9 Byzantine–Arab Battles of the Tenth Century: Evidence of Innovation and Adaptation in the Chronicler Sources -- 10 Tactical Innovation and Adaptation in the Byzantine Army of the Tenth Century: The Study of the Battles -- Summaries and Conclusions -- Primary Bibliography -- Secondary Bibliography -- Index

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The 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. 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.Key FeaturesExamines the major and most important pitched battles of this period and the Byzantine and Arab military manuals which show how armies were organized and deployed in the battlefield Looks at how the Byzantines adapted their strategies and tactics to those of their enemies in the 10th century Anatolia, Syria and MesopotamiaShows the transmission of military knowledge through the ages by comparing the military treatises of the 10th century with those from the Roman and Ancient Greek periods

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