1st Edition

Byzantine Military Manuals as Literary Works and Practical Handbooks The Case of the Tenth-Century Sylloge Tacticorum

By Georgios Chatzelis Copyright 2019
212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages
by Routledge

This book studies the Sylloge Tacticorum, an important tenth-century Byzantine military manual. The text is used as a case study to connect military manuals with the challenges that Byzantium faced in its wars with the Arabs, but also with other aspects of Byzantine society such as education, politics, and conventions in the productions of literary texts and historical narratives. The book... Read more

Acknowledgements





List of Abbreviations





Introduction





The Context of the Sylloge Tacticorum: Byzantine Warfare c. 900-950





The Sources of the Sylloge Tacticorum





The Dating of the Sylloge Tacticorum





The Authorship, Attribution and Redaction of the Sylloge Tacticorum





Tradition and Originality in the Sylloge Tacticorum and its Place in Byzantine Warfare





The Sylloge Tacticorum and its Practical Use





The Sylloge Tacticorum after the Sylloge Tacticorum





Conclusion





Notes





Bibliography





Index

Biography

Georgios Chatzelis received his PhD from Royal Holloway, University of London in 2017. He has taught at Royal Holloway, University of London as Visiting Teacher. He has delivered guest lectures, papers and communications at international and national conferences, and together with Jonathan Harris he has published an English translation of the Sylloge Tacticorum, entitled A Tenth-Century Byzantine Military Manual: The Sylloge Tacticorum.