War and warfare in late antiquity
By: edited by Alexander Sarantis and Neil Christie
Series: Late antique archaeology -- volume 8.1-8.2
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1084
ISBN-13: 9789004252578; 9789004252813; 9789004252820; 9789004252585
Subjects: Military art and science; History; Military antiquities; Roman Antiquities; Military History
Description: "This two-volume publication explores the key factors determining the course and outcome of war in Late Antiquity. Volume 8.1 includes a detailed review of strategic and tactical issues and eight comprehensive bibliographic essays, which provide an overview of the literature. In Volume 8.2, thematic papers examine strategy and intelligence, fortifications and siege warfare, weaponry and equipment, literary sources and topography, and civil war, while papers focused on particular geographic regions home in on war and warfare in the West Roman Empire in the 4th and 5th centuries, and the Balkans and the Eastern frontier in the 4th to 7th centuries AD"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.