BYZANTINE FORTIFICATIONS : PROTECTING THE ROMAN EMPIRE IN THE EAST

BALLANCE M & BOARDMAN J

ISBN 10: 1526710250 / ISBN 13: 9781526710253

Published by PEN AND SWORD, UK, 2022

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: BYZANTINE FORTIFICATIONS : PROTECTING THE ROMAN EMPIRE IN THE EAST
• Publisher: PEN AND SWORD, UK
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1526710250
• ISBN 13: 9781526710253
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • FORTIFICATIONS
  • ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL
  • Academic Military & History

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Synopsis

The Byzantine empire was one of the most powerful forces in the Mediterranean and Near East for over a thousand years. Strong military organization, in particular widespread fortifications, was essential for its defense. Yet this aspect of its history is often neglected, and no detailed overview has been published for over thirty years. That is why Nikos Kontogiannis's ambitious account of Byzantine fortifications – their construction and development and their role in times of war – is such a valuable and timely publication.

His ambitious study combines the results of decades of wide-ranging archaeological work with an account of the armies, weapons, tactics and defensive strategies of the empire throughout its long history. Fortifications built in every region of the empire are covered, from those in Mesopotamia, Syria and Africa, to those in Asia Minor, the Aegean and the Balkan peninsula.

This all-round survey is essential reading and reference for anyone with a special interest in the Byzantine empire and in the wider history of fortification.

About the Author

Dr Nikos Kontogiannis is Assistant Professor of Byzantine Archaeology and Art at Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey. He is a leading expert on the archaeology of the Byzantine empire and has made a special study of Byzantine fortifications and defenses. His most recent publication in this area, with Michael Heslop, is a reassessment of the defenses of Middle Byzantium in Greece.