11-24-2003, 07:24 PM
Quote:</em></strong><hr>... it evolved until it disappeared in the Fourteenth century AD.<hr><br>
Ah. OK, the Late Byzantine army looked very like their enemies (to discuss that one, we should set up the TAT - Turkish Army Talk), but I think I vaguely recall that Constantinople and it's meagre posessions actually held out, army and all, till the mid-15th century..<br>
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Valete,<br>
Valerius/Robert <p></p><i></i>
Ah. OK, the Late Byzantine army looked very like their enemies (to discuss that one, we should set up the TAT - Turkish Army Talk), but I think I vaguely recall that Constantinople and it's meagre posessions actually held out, army and all, till the mid-15th century..<br>
<br>
Valete,<br>
Valerius/Robert <p></p><i></i>
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR
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)