The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine EmpireIn this book, the distinguished writer Edward N. Luttwak presents the grand strategy of the eastern Roman empire we know as Byzantine, which lasted more than twice as long as the more familiar western Roman empire, eight hundred years by the shortest definition. This extraordinary endurance is all the more remarkable because the Byzantine empire was favored neither by geography nor by military preponderance. Yet it was the western empire that dissolved during the fifth century. |
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... javelin, dart, sling, lance, or composite reflex bow, by the sixth century Byzantine troops were trained to fight with all of them. Man for man this made them superior to most of the enemies they faced in battle and, along with unit ...
... javelin-throwing [jaculis],” which was not one of their skills.14 But there is no doubt that Hun archery was an innovation in warfare, partly because it was combined with exceptional horse mobility at all levels—tactical, operational ...
... javelins, slings, or plain wooden bows was badly outranged, and left helpless if caught out in the open with no protection against Hun arrows. Roman light cavalry was better off only insofar as it could flee the scene, while “heavy ...
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Contents
1 | |
The Myth and the Methods
| 95 |
III The Byzantine Art of War
| 235 |
Grand Strategy and the Byzantine Operational Code
| 409 |
Was Strategy Feasible in Byzantine Times? | 421 |
Emperors from Constantine I to Constantine XI
| 423 |
Glossary
| 427 |
Notes
| 433 |
Works Cited
| 473 |
Index of Names
| 491 |
General Index
| 495 |