Battles and generals : combat, culture, and didacticism in Procopius' Wars / by Conor Whately.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whately, Conor, author.

Series:

History of warfare ; volume 111.

History of warfare ; volume 111

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Procopius. History of the wars.

Procopius.

Byzantine Empire--History, Military--527-1081.

Byzantine Empire.

History, Military.

Byzantine Empire--History--Justinian I, 527-565.

History.

War (Philosophy).

History of the wars (Procopius).

Genre:

History.

Military history.

Physical Description:

xiii, 276 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2016.

Summary:

In Battles and Generals: Combat, Culture, and Didacticism in Procopius' Wars. Whately reads Procopius' descriptions of combat through the lens of didacticism, arguing that one of Procopius' intentions was to construct those accounts not only so that they might be entertaining to his audience, but also so that they might provide real value to his readership, which was comprised, in part, of the empire's military command. In the course of this analysis we discover that the varied battles and sieges that Procopius describes are not generic: rather, they have been crafted to reflect the nature of combat-as understood by Procopius-on the three fronts of Justinians' wars, the frontier with Persia, Vandal north Africa, and Gothic Italy. Book jacket.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Whately, Conor, author. Battles and generals.

ISBN:

9789004310360

9004310363

OCLC:

924636689

Publisher Number:

9789004310360