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.
Georgios Theotokis is Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Byzantine Studies Research Centre, Bogaziçi 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).
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Acknowledgements List of rulers Map of Anatolia and Upper Mesopotamia Map of 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 in 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 in 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 Bibliography.
Acknowledgements List of rulers Map of Anatolia and Upper Mesopotamia Map of 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 in 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 in 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 Bibliography.
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