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Record Nr.

UNINA9910987595703321

Autore

Murgatroyd Philip

Titolo

Modelling the Logistics of Mantzikert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Archaeopress, , 2024

©2024

ISBN

9781803278001

1803278005

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (162 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

GaffneyVincent

HaldonJohn

Disciplina

956.101

Soggetti

Manzikert, Battle of, Turkey, 1071

Byzantine Empire

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Figures  --   Figure 1: Byzantine Anatolia at the time of the Turkish raids. --   Figure 2: Estimates of the size of the Byzantine army at Mantzikert from Muslim sources. --   Figure 3: Locations mentioned in the Byzantine historical accounts of the campaign. --   Figure 4: Resource availability in Byzantine Anatolia (after Hendy 2008, 70). --   Figure 5: Different types of pack saddle (Furse 1882, 280). --   Figure 6: Number of military logistics publications in the timeline, divided by date range. --   Figure 7: The software used in the MWGrid system. --   Figure 8: The same point of a simulation rendered with both lower polygon (left) and higher polygon (right) models. --   Figure 9: A 2D representation of MWGrid agents in a typical camp layout. --   Figure 10: A 3D representation of MWGrid agents moving across the landscape. The two lines of yellow represent columns of infantry agents making their way to the night’s camp, at which a blob of blue and purple cavalry have already arrived. --   Figure 11: An example of A* in action. --   Figure 12: Grid Movement. --   Figure 13: PRM movement. --   Figure 14: Anatolia with the ABM terrain extent marked in red. --   Figure 15: Layout of Byzantine camp from the Treatise on Campaign Organisation and Tactics (after Dennis, 1985) (image by Nigel Dodds). --   Figure 16:



Example of camp layout in the DM101 scenarios, with 101 agents in red, 10,001 agents in blue and 40,001 agents in grey. --   Figure 17: Arrival tick of the Column Leader in marches of differing distance over flat terrain. --   Figure 18: Arrival time of the last agent in marches of differing distance over flat terrain. --   Figure 19: DM102 arrival times for 100% infantry (blue) and 75% infantry (green). --   Figure 20: DM102 arrival times for 90% infantry (yellow) and 50% infantry (black). --   Figure 21: DM102 arrival times for all scenarios. --   Figure 22: DM103 10km arrival times. --   Figure 23: DM103 20km arrival times. --   Figure 24: DM103 30km arrival times. --   Figure 25: Order of march for two columns, marching southeast. Red sections travel via waypoint 1 in numerical order and yellow sections via waypoint 2.

Sommario/riassunto

The Battle of Mantzikert had profound consequences for both Byzantine and Turkish history, yet the historical sources for this campaign contain significant gaps. This book presents the results of a project that seeks to demonstrate the important role computer simulation can play in the analysis of pre-modern military logistics.