Description
| Product ID: | 9780812217728 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | The Middle Ages Series |
| Title: | Maurice's Strategikon |
| Subtitle: | Handbook of Byzantine Military Strategy |
| Authors: | Author: George T. Dennis |
| Page Count: | 208 |
| Subjects: | Middle Eastern history, Middle Eastern history, Ancient history, Theory of warfare and military science, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Theory of warfare & military science, Byzantine Empire |
| Description: | Describing in detail weaponry and armor, daily life on the march or in camp, clothing, food, medical care, military law, and titles of the Byzantine army of the seventh century, this text offers insights into the Byzantine military ethos. It also provides data for the historian, and even for the ethnologist. As a veteran campaigner, the Byzantine emperor Maurice (582-602) compiled a unique and influential handbook intended for the field commander. In this first complete English translation, the Strategikon is an invaluable source not only for early Byzantine history but for the general history of the art of war. Describing in detail weaponry and armor, daily life on the march or in camp, clothing, food, medical care, military law, and titles of the Byzantine army of the seventh century, the Strategikon offers insights into the Byzantine military ethos. In language contemporary, down-to-earth, and practical, the text also provides important data for the historian, and even the ethnologist, including eyewitness accounts of the Persians, Slavs, Lombards, and Avars at the frontier of the Empire. |
| Imprint Name: | University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Publisher Name: | University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2001-01-03 |
