Rome Persia And The War That Shaped The World 565 630

Author : LUKE. EDENFIELD
Publisher : Pen & Sword Military
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2024-05-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1399039040

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Rome, Persia and the War That Shaped the World, 565-630 by LUKE. EDENFIELD Pdf

For 700 years, Rome and Persia clashed as the superpowers of the Ancient World. The final phase of their great war is one of the most dramatic, surprising, and critical events in world history. The victor would endure for another eight centuries, the vanquished would fall into oblivion - its religion close to extinguished, its people all but forgotten. By 626, Persia had seized most of the Roman Empire and was on the brink of destroying Constantinople, the city that sheltered the knowledge of Greece and Rome, and the vulnerable western world that would one day inherit it. Then came the most astonishing comeback in military history. Led by the Emperor Heraclius in person, the Romans entrusted their exposed capital to God and marched deep into Persia with almost insane audacity. Hunted by three separate armies, they would somehow have to survive, defeat the great King of Kings, and save Constantinople. The knife-edge contest determined which civilization would survive into the Middle Ages, and thus carved the contours of the modern world. Yet for all its drama and significance, the war and its heroes are little known. Rome, Persia and the War that Shaped the World is an engaging and accessible history that narrates the climactic stages of the war.

Author : John Haldon
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000107913

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Warfare, State And Society In The Byzantine World 565-1204 by John Haldon Pdf

Warfare, State and Society in the Byzantine World is the first comprehensive study of warfare and the Byzantine world from the sixth to the twelfth century. The book examines Byzantine attitudes to warfare, the effects of war on society and culture, and the relations between the soldiers, their leaders and society. The communications, logistics, resources and manpower capabilities of the Byzantine Empire are explored to set warfare in its geographical as well as historical context. In addition to the strategic and tactical evolution of the army, this book analyses the army in campaign and in battle, and its attitudes to violence in the context of the Byzantine Orthodox Church. The Byzantine Empire has an enduring fascination for all those who study it, and Warfare, State and Society is a colourful study of the central importance of warfare within it.

Author : Geoffrey Greatrex
Publisher : Arca Classical and Medieval Te
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X004317135

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Rome and Persia at War, 502-532 by Geoffrey Greatrex Pdf

The first modern account of the conflict between the eastern Roman Empire and the Sasanian kingdom. Greatrex traces the background to the war, investigating relations between Rome and Persia, the state of Roman defences in the East, and the chaotic situation in Persia at the end of the 5th century. He then examines the sources and the war itself, including the development of Roman defences, and the attempts by both powers to secure control of the Transcaucasian kingdoms.

Author : Ira Donathan Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Rome
ISBN : OCLC:967301478

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Roman Empire at War by Ira Donathan Taylor Pdf

Author : A. D Lee
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780748668359

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From Rome to Byzantium AD 363 to 565 by A. D Lee Pdf

A. D. Lee charts the significant developments which marked the transformation of Ancient Rome into medieval Byzantium.

Author : Peter Crawford
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781848846128

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The War of the Three Gods by Peter Crawford Pdf

War of the Three Gods is a military history of the first half of seventh century, with heavy focus on the reign of the Eastern Roman Emperor Heraclius (AD 610-641). This was a pivotal time in world history as well as a dramatic one. The Eastern Roman Empire was brought to the very brink of extinction by the Sassanid Persians, before Heraclius managed to inflict a crushing defeat on the Sassanids with a desperate, final gambit. His conquests were short-lived, however, for the newly-converted adherents of Islam burst upon the region, administering the coup de grace to Sassanid power and laying siege to Constantinople itself to usher in a new era. ??Peter Crawford skilfully narrates the three-way struggle between the Christian Byzantine, Sassanid Persian and Islamic empires, a period peopled with fascinating characters, including Heraclius, Khusro II and the Prophet Muhammad himself. Many of the epic battles and sieges are described in as much detail as possible including Nineveh, Yarmouk, Qadisiyyah and Nihawand, Jerusalem and Constantinople. The strategies and tactics of these very different armies are discussed and analysed, while maps allow the reader to place the events and follow the varying fortunes of the contending empires. This is an exciting and important study of a conflict that reshaped the map of the world.

Author : Ilkka Syvänne
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473872202

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Military History of Late Rome 565–602 by Ilkka Syvänne Pdf

A fresh analysis of the Roman Empire in the aftermath of the reconquests of Justinian I. It is often claimed that Justinian overstretched the Roman resources, but the analysis in Military History of Late Rome 565-602 proves that view wrong. It demonstrates that the initial troubles were largely the result of the mistakes of Justin II, and that his successors, Tiberius II and Maurice, not only restored its fortunes but were, at the time of Maurice’s death, actually poised to complete the reconquests of Justinian. It was thanks to the reforms of Maurice, which were codified in the military treatise the Strategikon, that the Roman army had achieved a position of relative superiority over all of its enemies—so that by 602 the Romans had decisively defeated the Persians, Slavs, and Avars. These gains, however, were lost when Maurice was murdered in a military mutiny that brought Phocas to power. This volume explains why the Roman army overthrew one of the greatest Roman emperors who ever lived. This was an era of epic battles, so the author also pays particular attention to the period tactics and analyzes all the period battles in great detail. These include such battles as Melitene, Constantia, Sirmium, Nymphius River, Solanchon, Lake Urmiah, Plain of Canzak, Iatrus, and the epic battles of Priscus and Comentiolus in the Balkans. Praise for Military History of Late Rome 425–457 “An outstanding work . . . [the series] gives us a very good picture of the long process that has come to be known as the ‘Fall of Rome.’ This is an invaluable read for anyone with an interest in Late Antiquity.” —The NYMAS Review

Author : Reg G. Grant
Publisher : Universe Pub
Page : 962 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9780789322333

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1001 Battles That Changed the Course of World History by Reg G. Grant Pdf

Describes the battles around the world that have changed world history, including information about strategies, the number of troops involved, technologies used, the outcome, and how the battle impacted the central war or campaign.

Author : Conor Whately
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004461611

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Procopius on Soldiers and Military Institutions in the Sixth-Century Roman Empire by Conor Whately Pdf

In Procopius on Soldiers and Military Institutions in the Sixth-Century Roman Empire, Conor Whately examines Procopius’ coverage of rank-and-file soldiers in his three works, reveals the limitations, and highlights his value to our understanding of recruitment.

Author : James Howard-Johnston
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198830191

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The Last Great War of Antiquity by James Howard-Johnston Pdf

The last great war of antiquity was fought on an unprecedented scale along the full length of the Persian-Roman frontier. James Howard-Johnston pieces together the fragmentary evidence of this period to form, for the first time, a coherent story of the dramatic events, key players, and vast lands over which the conflict spread.

Author : Gunther Hellmann,Andreas Fahrmeir,Miloš Vec
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191086427

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The Transformation of Foreign Policy by Gunther Hellmann,Andreas Fahrmeir,Miloš Vec Pdf

The study of foreign policy is usually concerned with the interaction of states, and thus with governance structures which emerged either with the so-called 'Westphalian system' or in the course of the 18th century: diplomacy and international law. As a result, examining foreign policy in earlier periods involves conceptual and terminological difficulties, which echo current debates on 'post-national' foreign policy actors like the European Union or global cities. This volume argues that a novel understanding of what constitutes foreign policy may offer a way out of this problem. It considers foreign policy as the outcome of processes that make some boundaries different from others, and set those that separate communities in an internal space apart from those that mark foreignness. The creation of such boundaries, which can be observed at all times, designates specific actors - which can be, but do not have to be, 'states' - as capable of engaging in foreign policy. As such boundaries are likely to be contested, they are unlikely to provide either a single or a simple distinction between 'insides' and 'outsides'. In this view, multiple layers of foreign-policy actors with different characteristics appear less as a modern development and more as a perennial aspect of foreign policy. In a broad perspective stretching from early Greek polities to present-day global cities, the volume offers a theoretical and empirical presentation of this concept by political scientists, jurists, and historians.

Author : John F. Shean
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004187337

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Soldiering for God by John F. Shean Pdf

This book discusses the role of Christians in the Roman military. Constantine’s conversion to Christianity led to the accelerated Christianization of the Roman army. The result was the creation of a Christian fighting force that was used to suppress paganism and Christian heresy.

Author : Deborah N Carlson,Justin Leidwanger,Sarah M. Kampbell
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-10
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781623492151

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Maritime Studies in the Wake of the Byzantine Shipwreck at Yassiada, Turkey by Deborah N Carlson,Justin Leidwanger,Sarah M. Kampbell Pdf

In 2007 a symposium was held at Texas A&M University to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of Texas A&M University Press’s publication of the first volume reporting the Yassiada shipwreck site. Seventeen papers from that symposium featured in this book broadly illustrate such varied topics as ships and seafaring life, maritime trade, naval texts, commercial cargoes, and recent developments in the analysis of the Yassiada ship itself.

Author : Oliver Nicholson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1743 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192562463

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The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity by Oliver Nicholson Pdf

The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity is the first comprehensive reference book covering every aspect of history, culture, religion, and life in Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Near East (including the Persian Empire and Central Asia) between the mid-3rd and the mid-8th centuries AD, the era now generally known as Late Antiquity. This period saw the re-establishment of the Roman Empire, its conversion to Christianity and its replacement in the West by Germanic kingdoms, the continuing Roman Empire in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Persian Sassanian Empire, and the rise of Islam. Consisting of over 1.5 million words in more than 5,000 A-Z entries, and written by more than 400 contributors, it is the long-awaited middle volume of a series, bridging a significant period of history between those covered by the acclaimed Oxford Classical Dictionary and The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages. The scope of the Dictionary is broad and multi-disciplinary; across the wide geographical span covered (from Western Europe and the Mediterranean as far as the Near East and Central Asia), it provides succinct and pertinent information on political history, law, and administration; military history; religion and philosophy; education; social and economic history; material culture; art and architecture; science; literature; and many other areas. Drawing on the latest scholarship, and with a formidable international team of advisers and contributors, The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity aims to establish itself as the essential reference companion to a period that is attracting increasing attention from scholars and students worldwide.

Author : Ariel Lewin,Pietrina Pellegrini,Zbigniew T. Fiema,Sylvain Janniard
Publisher : British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015070949766

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The Late Roman Army in the Near East from Diocletian to the Arab Conquest by Ariel Lewin,Pietrina Pellegrini,Zbigniew T. Fiema,Sylvain Janniard Pdf

This book contains papers in English, French and Italian