Byzantium at War AD 600-1453

John Haldon

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2004
• ISBN:
  9781135881665
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Histoire
• Subtopic: Histoire du monde

Byzantium survived for 800 years, yet its dominions and power fluctuated dramatically during that time. In this book, John Haldon tells the full story of the Byzantine Empire--from the days when it was barely clinging to survival, to the age when its fabulous wealth attracted Viking mercenaries and Asian nomad warriors, to its armies whose very appearance on the battlefield was enough to bring enemies to terms. In 1453, the last emperor of Byzantium, Constantine XII, died fighting on the ramparts, bringing to a romantic end the glorious history of this legendary empire.

Index

Figures in bold refer to illustrations

Abbasid Caliphate 33

Acrocorinth 40, 44

agriculture 73, 75, 77, 78, 79

Alexios I, Byzantine emperor 17, 27, 33, 46, 63, 64, 80

Alexios III, Byzantine emperor 86

Alexios IV Angelos, Byzantine emperor 86

Alexios V, Byzantine emperor 86, 87

Alp Aslan, Seljuk sultan 33

Andronikos II, Byzantine emperor 88

Ankara, battle of (1402) 89

Anna Comnena, Byzantine princess 80

Arab Islamic armies

campaigns against 14, 15, 39–41

conquests 24, 30, 33

Aragon, kingdom of 88

aristocracy see elite

Armenians 80

armies, Byzantine

battle order 59, 60

campaign life 65–71

casualties, treatment of 69–71

cavalry 47–8, 49, 51–2

discipline 63–4, 90

history 14–16

infantry 48, 49

leave 62

logistics 55–9, 76–7, 82–5, 90

marches and marching order 52, 53, 67–8

marching camps 56, 57, 66–7

officers and commanders 51, 58, 63, 64, 90–1

organisation and distribution 39–40, 47–55

rations 67

recruitment 61, 78, 81

retirement 62–3

soldier-civilian relations 80–1, 83–4

soldiers 61–3

strategy 36–9, 45, 53–5

tactics 47–8, 49, 51–3

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