Byzantium: A History |
Contents
Acknowledgements | 6 |
THE GEOGRAPHY OF BYZANTINE WARFARE | 16 |
JUSTINIANS WARS | 23 |
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able advance Agathias Alexios Alexios's ambush Amorion Anatolia Arab archers Armenian Arsamosata Asia Minor attack Balkans Basil Basil II battle began Belisarius booty Bryennios Bryennios's Bulgar Bulgarian Byzantine forces camp campaign casualties central commander Constantinople Danube Dara defeat defensive detachment discipline divisions Dorostolon Dorylaion east eastern Roman effective emperor empire's encampment established field armies fighting flank fortress Frankish frontier garrison Gothic heavy cavalry Heruls imperial army imperial forces infantry Justinian Khliat later left wing magister militum Manzikert marched Melitene mercenaries military mounted Muslim Narses Nikephoros Norman numbers Pechenegs Persian position Procopius provinces raids recruited region right wing river Roman armies Roman centre Roman forces Roman left Roman line Roman right route Sa'if Sebasteia Seljuk seventh century siege sixth century soldiers sources strategic tactical tagmata tenth century Tephrike terrain territory thematic Thrace Totila troops Turkish Turks units Varangians victory warfare withdraw علا