Byzantine Armies, 886-1118 - Heath Ian
Byzantine Armies, 886-1118 - Heath Ian The Byzantines had a remarkably sophisticated approach to politics and military strategy. The Byzantine army of the 10th and early 11th centuries, at the height…
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Byzantine Armies, 886-1118 - Heath Ian
The Byzantines had a remarkably sophisticated approach to politics and military strategy. The Byzantine army of the 10th and early 11th centuries, at the height of its power and efficiency, was the best-organised, best-trained, best-equipped and highest-paid in the known world. Unlike most of their contemporaries, they learnt very early in their history that winning a battle did not necessarily win a war, and they frequently bought off their enemies with treaties and bribes rather than squander men and matériel in potentially fruitless campaigns.
This splendid book by Ian Heath examines the By