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Byzantine Armies 886-1118 (1st Print)

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Men-at-Arms - Middle Ages (500 - 1500 A.D.)

Last Stocked on 8/3/2023

Product Info

Title
Byzantine Armies 886-1118 (1st Print)
Publisher
Category
Author
Ian Heath
Publish Year
1979
Pages
40
Dimensions
8x10x.25"
NKG Part #
1162298562
MFG. Part #
OSPMAA089
Type
Softcover
Series
MAA89

Description

The Byzantines had a remarkably sophisticated approach to politics and military strategy. 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 material in potentially fruitless campaigns. The Byzantine army of the 10th and early 11th centuries, at the height of its power and efficiency, was the best-organized, best-trained, best-equipped and highest-paid in the known world. This splendid book by Ian Heath examines the Byzantine Armies from 886-1118, including the lusty, hard-fighting, hard-drinking 'barbarian' Varangian guard.