Battlefield emotions in late antiquity
Subtitle: a study of fear and motivation in Roman military treatises
By: by Łukasz Różycki ; translated by Krzysztof Chorzewski
Contributors: Chorzewski, Krzysztof, translator
Series: History of warfare -- volume 136; History of warfare -- v.136.
Publisher: Brill; BRILL
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9789004462410; 9789004462557
Subjects: Military art and science; History; Military History; Historiography; Fear; Military morale
Other titles: Study of fear and motivation in Roman military treatises
Description: "Battlefield Emotions in Late Antiquity is a pioneering work, the first to present a comprehensive analysis of fear and motivation on the battlefields of Late Antiquity. By examining military treatises, Łukasz Różycki identifies means of manipulating the morale of soldiers on the same and on oppossing sides, showingvarious examples of military trickery. The book analyzes non-combat properties of equipment, commanders' speeches, war cries, keeping up appearances, and other methods of affecting the human psyche. The book is written in the spirit of new military history and combines the methodology of a historian, archaeologist, and philologist, and also considers aspects of psychology, particularly related to the functioning of groups and individuals in extreme situations"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.