10-04-2008, 10:15 PM
Quote: The Strategikon envisions pure cavalry armies, likely supported by a few thousand foot (but possibly a large force), and that is completely different from an ancient Greco-Roman army.Eh?
hock: It doesn't? Don't take the manual (it's no more than that, mind you, a 'practical guide for those meaning to devote themselves to generalship') for cavalry warfare for a description of cavalry-only armies...Quote:Especially after the Arab conquests, the Byzantines didn't even besiege many strong towns where infantry were more important in practice. I can't comment on the ERE's army before Justinian!Didn't they? But then, this kind of warfare was also not high on the list of a commander in the Dominate.. What's the ERE's army exactly?
Quote:Vortigern, who do they figure wrote the chapter on infantry in the Strategikon, and about when? All I know is G.T. Dennise's commentary.They figure it was written by the same guy who wrote the cavalry section - Maurikios - in the late 6th c.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
