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Persian Immigrants in the Armed Forces of Early Byzantium

open access: yesВестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2020
Introduction. The article is devoted to Persians who served in the Early Byzantine armed forces. Even during the Principate period, alae and cohortes which were originally recruited from Parthians were part of the Roman imperial army.
Andrey D. Nazarov
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In the Chronographia, is Michael Psellos’ concern for the army entirely disinterested? [PDF]

open access: yesZbornik 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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The reform of Byzantine military and territorial organization under Justinian II [PDF]

open access: yesZbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta, 2016
This paper offers a contribution to the research of the initial stages in the evolution of the thematic system. It focuses on the role of Emperor Justinian II in the formation of the new imperial military and territorial organization.
Cvetković Miloš
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The Byzantine army and its defensive methods for the Empire

open access: yesالمجلة الليبية العالمية, 2022
The Byzantine army was the primary military body of the Byzantine armed forces, serving alongside the Byzantine navy. A direct continuation of the Roman army, The Byzantine army maintained a similar level of discipline, strategic prowess and organization. It was among the most effective armies of western Eurasia for much of the Middle Ages.
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Old age in Byzantine society [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This paper examines the status afforded old age in the Byzantine Empire. Frequently neglected in accounts of state formation or comparative history, this Christian imperial state transformed the moral ordering of the lifecourse.
Chris Gilleard, Gilleard, C
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«Encouraging to a valiant battle»: methods of influence on the armed forces of the Byzantine Empire at early Palaeologian period

open access: yesАнтичная древность и средние века, 2018
The paper is devoted to identifying the specifics of internal organizational methods used in the Byzantine army during the reign of the Palaeologus.
Vladimir Zolotovskiy
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Religious services in the Byzantine army according to the Taktika and Praecepta Militaria: Worship and Athonite influences in the 10th century [PDF]

open access: yesZbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta
Byzantine military manuals are a shared sphere of interest of Byzantine studies and Orthodox theology. This paper deals with religious content in the Taktika of Leo VI the Wise and Praecepta Militaria of Nikephoros II Phokas by analyzing the ...
Tubin Slaviša
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Paulicjanie w Bizancjum – uciekinierzy i przesiedleńcy

open access: yesPrace Historyczne, 2023
Paulicians in Byzantium: The fleeing and the displaced Paulicians, treated as Manicheans and persecuted in Armenia and the Byzantine Empire, escaped to the Arab-occupied territories where they ...
Teresa Wolińska
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John the Scythian – a Slayer of Usurpers and the Isaurians

open access: yesStudia Ceranea, 2020
The paper is devoted to John the Scythian – one of the chiefs of the Byzantine army in the eighties and nineties of the 5th century. Based on the sources, the military career of John the Scythian lasted 16 years.
Mirosław J. Leszka
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Retired Army Personnel Bulletin

open access: yes, 2020
Bulletin released by the United States Department of the Army for it's retired personnel, featuring the article "Army Community Service Program Promotes 'Self-Help, Service, and Stability'
Department of the Army
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