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Byzantium at War AD 600-1453
About this book
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.
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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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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Chronology
- Background to war
- Warring sides
- Outbreak
- The fighting
- Portrait of a soldier
- The world around war
- Portrait of a civilian
- How the wars ended
- Conclusion and consequences
- Further reading
- Byzantine rulers AD 527–1453
- Index
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