Late Roman Combat Tactics

Ilkka Syvänne

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Pen and Sword
01 September 2024

History; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Military history; Defence strategy, planning & research

Late Roman Combat Tactics by Dr. Ilkka Syvänne is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand land combat in the period from the Tetrarchy to the death of Heraclius, a period when the Romans faced serious and growing military threats on many fronts. The author's detailed analysis provides the reader with a complete understanding of the combat equipment worn by the soldiers, types of troops, tactics, different unit orders and formations used by the late Romans and their enemies. Importantly, he lays out the developments and changes in these aspects across this critical period, assessing how the Romans adapted, or failed to adapt to the varied and changing array of enemies, such as Persians, Avars and Arabs. The discussion examines how the Romans fought at every level, so that it covers everything from the individual fighting techniques all the way up to the conduct of large-scale pitched battles. There is an immense amount of technical detail but the human element and the experience of the officers and ordinary soldiers is not forgotten, with such factors as morale and the psychology of battle (the 'face of battle') given due consideration. The thoroughly researched text is well supported by dozens of diagrams and illustrations. A thoroughly illuminating read on its own, Late Roman Combat Tactics is also the perfect companion to Dr Syvänne's eight-volume Military History of Late Rome.

AUTHOR: Dr Ilkka Syvanne gained his doctorate in history in 2004 from the University of Tampere in his native Finland. Since then he has written extensively about ancient and medieval warfare and his publications include: The Age of Hippotoxotai, Art of War in Roman Military Revival and Disaster 491-636 (Tampere UP 2004), the multi-volume Military History of Late Rome published by Pen & Sword, the critically acclaimed Caracalla: A Military Biography and many other imperial biographies, the most recent of which is Emperor Septimius Severus, The Roman Hannibal, also published by Pen & Sword. He was Vice Chairman of the Finnish Society for Byzantine Studies from 2007 until 2016. He was appointed as an Affiliated Professor of the University of Haifa in 2016. He lives in Kangasala, Finland.

75 colour and b/w illustrations

By: Ilkka Syvänne
Imprint: Pen and Sword
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781526793959
ISBN 10: 1526793954
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 01 September 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

DR ILKKA SYVÄNNE gained his doctorate in history in 2004 from the University of Tampere in his native Finland. Since then he has written extensively about ancient and medieval warfare and his publications include: _The Age of Hippotoxotai, Art of War in Roman Military Revival and Disaster 491-636_ (Tampere UP 2004), the multi-volume _Military History of Late Rome_ published by Pen & Sword, the critically acclaimed _Caracalla: A Military Biography_ and many other imperial biographies, the most recent of which is _Emperor Septimius Severus, The Roman Hannibal,_ also published by Pen & Sword. He was Vice Chairman of the Finnish Society for Byzantine Studies from 2007 until 2016\. He was appointed as an Affiliated Professor of the University of Haifa in 2016\. He lives in Kangasala, Finland.

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Late Roman Combat Tactics

Ilkka Syvänne

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