Η πολεµική τέχνη των πρώιµων Σλάβων (ΣΤ΄-Ζ΄ αι.)
Authors: ΚΑΡΔΑΡΑΣ Γεώργιος 
Published: November 2014

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="A1"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><font size="3">TH</font></span></span><span class="A1"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 8pt">E ART OF </span></span><span class="A1"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt">W</span></span><span class="A1"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 8pt">AR OF THE EARLY SLAVS </span></span><span class="A1"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt">(6</span></span><span class="A1"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 8pt">TH</span></span><span class="A1"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt">-7</span></span><span class="A1"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 8pt">THC</span></span><span class="A1"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt">. </span></span><span class="A1"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt">A. D.)</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font: 12px 'MgOldTimes UC Pol'"> </p><p style="margin: 0px; font: 12px 'MgOldTimes UC Pol'"> </p><p style="margin: 0px; font: 12px 'MgOldTimes UC Pol'">This study deals with the development of warfare among the early Slavs during </p><p style="margin: 0px; font: 12px 'MgOldTimes UC Pol'">the 6th and 7th c. A. D. Its main focus is based on the equipment, the tactic, the </p><p style="margin: 0px; font: 12px 'MgOldTimes UC Pol'">art of ship building, the use of the horse, the art of siege and the fortifications. The </p><p style="margin: 0px; font: 12px 'MgOldTimes UC Pol'">testimony of sources is critically viewed with respect to the above questions, while </p><p style="margin: 0px; font: 12px 'MgOldTimes UC Pol'">with regard to the equipment a number of archaeological data is also added. The </p><p style="margin: 0px; font: 12px 'MgOldTimes UC Pol'">conclusions reached, attribute to a large degree the development of the early Slav </p><p style="margin: 0px; font: 12px 'MgOldTimes UC Pol'">warfare to contacts with nomadic tribes, and the Avars in particular, with whom </p><p style="margin: 0px; font: 12px 'MgOldTimes UC Pol'">they conducted common attacks in Byzantine territory. In certain cases, the </p><p style="margin: 0px; font: 12px 'MgOldTimes UC Pol'">extensive use of the horse by the Slavs is attested, as against the traditional view </p><p style="margin: 0px; font: 12px 'MgOldTimes UC Pol'">that they usually fought as foot soldiers, and the absence of fortifications among </p><p style="margin: 0px; font: 12px 'MgOldTimes UC Pol'">the Slavs of the Lower Danube. The use of the Slavic light spear by the Byzantine </p><p style="margin: 0px; font: 12px 'MgOldTimes UC Pol'">army is also noticed. <span style="font: 12px 'Times New Roman'"> </span></p><div><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12px" class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div>