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Periodic Revival or Continuation of the Ancient Military Tradition? Another Look at the Question of the KATÁFRAKTOI in the Byzantine Army [PDF]
Studia Ceranea, 2012 This article discusses the question of origin and identity of katáfraktoi – heavy-armoured cavalry in Byzantium. In the specialist literature on the subject, there is a widespread opinion that the heavily-armoured elitist cavalry, defined as catafracti ...
Michał Wojnowski
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The Byzantine historiography on the state of Serbian despots [PDF]
Zbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta, 2008 The four Byzantine historians of 'the Fall' of the Byzantine Empire, Doucas Chalcocondyles, Sphrantzes and Critobulos, as well as the Byzantine short chronicles, bring many news concerning Serbian history of the first half of the XV century.
Nikolić Maja
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Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2022 Introduction. The article is devoted to the problem of integration of territories inhabited by the Tzani into the Eastern Roman empire in the 6th century. They were a people who lived in the Pontine Mountains during Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
Andrey Nazarov
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In the Chronographia, is Michael Psellos’ concern for the army entirely disinterested? [PDF]
Zbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta, 2012 The present article analyzes Psellos’ commentary on the disarray of the Byzantine army in the Chronographia. The topic is examined in relation to the political circumstances of the time, and the author’s own particular situation.
Vratimos Antonios
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Volunteers in the Late Byzantine Army: to the Question of Thelematarioi
Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2017 This paper focuses on the problem of a volunteer’s service at the late Byzantium military organization. The goal of the present research work is to determine the functional significance of the thelematarioi term.
Vladimir A. Zolotovskiy
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Single Combats and the Ethics of Military Leadership in the Early Byzantine Army [PDF]
Античная древность и средние века, 2019 The article is devoted to the tradition of single combats in the Early Byzantine army. The spread of such way of ascertaining the superiority was connected with the change in the principles of the Roman imperial army’s recruitment.
Andrey Nazarov
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Byzantine Army during the Religious-Political Crisis (775–820)
Известия Уральского федерального университета. Серия 2: Гуманитарные науки, 2015 Following the death of Constantine V in 775, his successors refused the military policy of the Isaurian dynasty which led to a number of adverse consequences. The army got involved into the confrontation between religious and political groups.
Anton Sergeevich Mokhov
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Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2018 Introduction. November of 2018 is marked by the 125th anniversary of famous Russian Soviet Byzantinist Mikhail Jakovlevich Sjuzjumov (1893-1982). Among his unpublished works, the most interesting one is the writing Byzantine State and Byzantine Culture ...
Anton S. Mokhov, Karina R. Kapsalykova
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The Byzantine Army in 626–628 AD: Near East Frontier and Armenian Provinces
Ученые записки Казанского университета: Серия Гуманитарные науки, 2018 Two aspects of the Byzantine military organization in 626–628 AD were considered: the role and status of Armenian ethnic units within the Byzantine army and the measures of Emperor Heraclius for reestablishment the Byzantine defense system in the Near ...
E.A. Mekhamadiev
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Notes on the Numbers and Organization of the Ninth-Century Byzantine Army
Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, 2004 [site under construction]
Warren T. Treadgold
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