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The dispersal of domestic cats from Northern Africa and their introduction to Europe over the last two millennia

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De Martino M   +51 more
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Standardized Numbers in the Byzantine Army

War in History, 2005
Many of the statistics that appear in sources for Byzantine armies and their pay show a pattern of roundness and uniformity. While some scholars have taken this as evidence that the statistics are unreliable, the consistency of the pattern indicates that the Byzantine army, like the Roman army, deliberately preferred standardized numbers.
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Arianism and the Byzantine Army in Africa 533-546

Traditio, 1965
One of the principal motivations for the Emperor Justinian's reconquest of Africa from the Vandal king Gelimer (Gelimer reigned from 15 June 530 to 15 September 533), was religious: the desire to liberate the African Catholic majority of the population from their Arian Vandal persecutors.
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Byzantine Army Structure

2016
Parnell lays the foundation for his study of the careers and relationships of Byzantine army officers by describing the structure and functioning of that army in the sixth century. The chapter explains the differences among the various units of the Byzantine army, including the field armies, the federates, forces hired from allies, and the personal ...
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Damietta Siege of the Crusader-Byzantine Allied Army (1169)

2018
In this article, the siege of the city of Damiette by the Crusader-Byzantine allied armies in 1169 has been mentioned. In the campaign realized with great hopes, Selâhaddîn Eyyûbî who carried out a successful with the support of Nûreddîn Mahmûd Zengî and all the opportunities of the Fâtimids, sent the Crusaders empty-handed from Egypt, increased his ...
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Modelling medieval military logistics: an agent-based simulation of a Byzantine army on the march

Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory, 2011
Although historical studies are frequently perceived as clear narratives defined by a series of fixed events; in reality, even where critical historical events may be identified, historic documentation frequently lacks corroborative detail to support verifiable interpretation.
Philip Murgatroyd   +4 more
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The Late Byzantine Army: Arms and Society, 1204-1453

The Journal of Military History, 1993
Walter E. Kaegi, Mark C. Bartusis
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Byzantine Responses to the Battlefield Tactics of the Armies of the Turkoman Principalities: The Battle of Pelekanos (1329)

Byzantinische Zeitschrift, 2010
Abstract This article examines the Byzantine responses to the battlefield tactics followed by the armies of the Turkoman chiefdoms during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The most characteristic example reflecting the difficulties faced by the Byzantine army when confronted by the Turkomans is the battle of Pelekanos, in the gulf
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The English and Byzantium: A Study of Their Role in the Byzantine Army in the Later Eleventh Century.

Traditio, 1973
The role of the English mercenaries in the Byzantine army has long been under dispute. A. A. Vasiliev, writing in 1937, gave a very full summary of what was known at that time, and tended to stress their importance to Byzantium in the later eleventh century. However, his article came under brief but formidable attack from the German scholar, F. Dölger,
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