The Byzantine and early Islamic Near East. Volume 3, States, resources and armies / edited by Averil Cameron.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cameron, Averil, editor.

Series:

Studies in late antiquity and early Islam ; 1.3.

Studies in late antiquity and early Islam ; 1.3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Byzantine Empire--Armed Forces.

Byzantine Empire.

Middle East--Armed Forces--History.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 491 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Gerlach Press, 2021.

Summary:

A comparative analysis of Byzantine, Sasanian and Muslim armies and their impact on state resources. Contributions discuss the organization and financing of the army in the late Roman state, the transformations and continuities of the late Sasanid state and with authority and armies in the early Muslim state. Thus, the volume brings together perspectives from neighbouring fields, presents military issues in an intercultural manner and assembles important pieces of knowledge in a comprehensive manner.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Abbreviations

List of Maps

Preface

JOHN HALDON, Introduction

1. JEAN-MICHEL CARRIÉ, L'État à la recherche de nouveaux modes de financement des armées (Rome et Byzance, IVe-VIIIe siècles)

2. MICHAEL WHITBY, Recruitment in Roman Armies from Justinian to Heraclius (ca. 565-615)

3. BENJAMIN ISAAC, The Army in the Late Roman East: the Persian Wars and the Defence of the Byzantine Provinces

4. JAMES HOWARD-JOHNSTON, The Two Great Powers in Late Antiquity: a Comparison

5. ZEEV RUBIN, The Reforms of Khusro Anūshirwān

6. ELLA LANDAU-TASSERON, Features of the Pre-Conquest Muslim Armies in the Time of Muḥammad

7. FRED McGRAW DONNER, Centralized Authority and Military Autonomy in the Early Islamic Conquests

8. HUGH KENNEDY, The Financing of the Military in the Early Islamic State

9. JOHN HALDON, Seventh-Century Continuities: the Ajnād and the "Thematic Myth"

10. RALPH-JOHANNES LILIE, Araber und Themen. Zum Einfluß der arabischen Expansion auf die byzantinische Militärorganisation

CHRIS WICKHAM, Conclusion

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 Sep 2025).

ISBN:

3-95994-089-0

OCLC:

1229923135