Procopius on soldiers and military institutions in the sixth-century Roman Empire /

"In Procopius on Soldiers and Military Institutions in the Sixth-Century Roman Empire, Conor Whately examines Procopius' coverage of rank-andfile soldiers in his three works, the Wars, Buildings, and Secret History. By evaluating his accounts alongside other comparative evidence, such as t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Whately, Conor (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
Colección:History of warfare, volume 134
Temas:
Procopius.
Procopius
527-1081
Historiography
Byzantine Empire > History, Military > 527-1081.
Byzantine Empire > History, Military > Historiography.
Empire byzantin > Histoire militaire > 527-1081.
Empire byzantin > Histoire militaire > Historiographie.
Byzantine Empire
Military history
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Tables and Maps
  • Introduction Writing about War in the Sixth Century
  • 1 Procopius and War in the Sixth Century
  • 2 From Generals to Soldiers
  • 3 The Classicizing Straitjacket
  • 4 Methodology
  • 5 Book Organization
  • Chapter 1 Generals and Soldiers
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Generals vs. Soldiers
  • 2.1 Soldiers: Numbers
  • 2.2 Generals vs. Soldiers: Names
  • 3 Conclusion
  • 4 Tables
  • Chapter 2 Tracking Sixth-Century Soldiers
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Procopius' Authority
  • 2.1 Procopius' Credentials
  • 2.2 Procopius' Use of Autopsy
  • 3 Procopius' Sources
  • 3.1 Oral Sources
  • 3.2 Documentary Evidence
  • 4 Case Study: Looking for Documents at Dara
  • 5 Conclusion
  • Chapter 3 Catalogues and Legions
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Terminology
  • 2.1 The End of the Legion
  • 2.2 Arithmos
  • 3 Procopius' Regiments
  • 3.1 Katalogos in Procopius
  • 3.2 Katalogos in Antiquity
  • 3.3 Field Armies
  • 3.4 Count Marcellinus, Jordanes, John Malalas, and Agathias
  • 3.5 John Lydus and the Anastasius Edicts
  • 4 Why Catalogues? The Wars of Generals
  • 5 Conclusion
  • Chapter 4 Soldiers in the Field
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Comitatenses
  • 2.1 Katalogoi and stratiwtai
  • 3 Foederati, symmachoi, and bucellarii
  • 4 Horse Archers
  • 4.1 Infantry vs. Cavalry
  • 4.2 Hippotoxotai
  • 4.3 Horse Archers: The Procopian Ideal and the Reality
  • 5 Conclusion
  • Chapter 5 Limitanei in the Age of Justinian
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Procopius on the End of the limitanei in the Secret History
  • 2.1 Rome's Frontier Soldiers
  • 2.2 Procopius
  • 2.3 Limitanei in the Wars and Buildings
  • 2.4 Ambiguous Garrisons in the Buildings
  • 2.5 Limitanei in the Wars
  • 3 Rome's Frontier Soldiers across the Empire in the Sixth Century
  • 4 Case Study: The limitanei in the Southeast
  • 4.1 Frontier Soldiers in Action: Checking Barbarians
  • 5 Conclusion
  • Chapter 6 Recruitment
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Procopius on Recruitment
  • 2.1 The Mechanics of Recruitment
  • 2.2 Volunteers and Conscripts
  • 2.3 Character Traits
  • 2.4 Origins of Recruits
  • 2.5 Recruitment Gaps
  • 3 Demographics
  • 3.1 Recruitment and the Plague
  • 3.2 Recruitment and Corruption
  • 4 Conclusion
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix Soldiers in Procopius' Wars, Buildings, and Secret History
  • Bibliography
  • Index Locorum
  • General Index

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