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1 online resource |
| Series |
History of warfare ; volume 111 |
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History of warfare ; v. 111.
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| Contents |
Prologue: The Case of Callinicum; Acknowledgements; Note on Translation and Transliteration; Introduction; 1 The Premise; 2 A Cultural Approach to Procopian Combat; 3 History as Literature; 4 Rhetoric and Truth in Procopius' Wars; 5 Methodology; 6 Three Facets of Ancient Accounts of Combat: Description, Explanation, and Military Leadership; a Describing Combat in Antiquity; b Explaining Combat in Antiquity; c Generalship and the Role of the Individual in Ancient Histories; 7 Chapter Organization; 8 The Wider Applicability of Procopian Combat; Chapter 1; The Life of Procopius |
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1 Procopius' Life, Family and Social Background2 Religious Views; 3 The Breadth of Procopius' Reading; 4 Procopius the Rhetor; 5 Procopius the Philosopher and Engineer; 6 Procopius' Literary Career; 7 Procopius' Service in the Military and His Sources; 8 Concluding Thoughts; Chapter 2; How to Defeat the Persians in Combat; 1 The Persian Wars; 2 Describing Combat; a Programmatic Combat; b Foreshadowing and the Exhortations of Generals; c The Excitement of Battle; 3 Explaining Combat; a Tactics, Morale and the Stratagem; b Procopius, God and Morality |
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4 Generalship: Belisarius vs. the Shahanshaha Enter Belisarius; b Enter Khusro; c Belisarius vs. Khusro; 5 Concluding Thoughts; Chapter 3; How to Defeat the Vandals in Combat; 1 The Vandal Wars; 2 Describing Combat; a Narrative Order; b The Role of the Narrator; c Numbers and Names; d Textual Unity and Internal Referencing; 3 Explaining Combat; a Exhortations and Morale; b Guerrilla Warfare and the Absence of Fighting; c The Desire for Plunder; d Procopius and Ancient Military Maxims; 4 Generalship: Belisarius, the Lucky and Prepared General; 5 Concluding Thoughts; Chapter 4 |
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How to Defeat the Goths in Combat1 The Gothic Wars; 2 Describing Combat; a Graphic Battle Scenes; b Single Combat; c Myriads, Romans and Barbarians; 3 Explaining Combat; a Arete; b Horse-Archery; 4 Generalship: Belisarius and Heroic Leadership; a Leading From the Front: Heroic Leadership; b The Achilles Ethos vs. the Odysseus Ethos; 5 Concluding Thoughts; Chapter 5; Book Eight; 1 Battles; a River Hippis; b Senogallia; c Busta Gallorum; 2 Sieges; a Archaeopolis; b Petra; 3 Concluding Thoughts; Chapter 6; Procopius' Worldview and the Wider Intellectual Context; 1 Procopius' Audience |
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2 Didacticism, Combat and Culture3 The "Face of Procopian Combat"; 4 Conclusion; Appendix 1; Glossary of Procopian Battles and Sieges; 1 Battle of Cape Bon; 2 Battle of the Trench; 3 Battle of Tannuris/Thannuris/Mindouos; 4 Battle of Dara; 5 Battle of Satala; 6 Battle of Callinicum; 7 Siege of Martyropolis; 8 Siege of Carthage; 9 Battle of Ad Decimum; 10 Battle of Tricamarum; 11 Siege of Mt. Papua; 12 Battle of Mammes; 13 Battle of Mt. Bourgaon; 14 Siege of Naples; 15 Siege of Carthage; 16 Battle of Scalae Veteres (Cellas Vatari); 17 Siege of Rome; 18 Siege of Auximum/Osimo |
| 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 Justinian¿́¿s wars, the frontier with Persia, Vandal north Africa, and Gothic Italy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 07, 2016) |
| Subject |
Procopius. History of the wars.
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| SUBJECT |
History of the wars (Procopius) fast |
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War (Philosophy)
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HISTORY -- Europe -- General.
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War (Philosophy)
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Byzantine Empire -- History, Military -- 527-1081.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018517
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Byzantine Empire -- History -- Justinian I, 527-565.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018487
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| Subject |
Byzantine Empire
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Military history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2015047140 |
| ISBN |
9789004310384 |
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900431038X |
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