03021nam 2200589 450 991079798610332120230808212914.090-04-31038-X10.1163/9789004310384(CKB)3710000000532840(EBL)4198141(SSID)ssj0001592587(PQKBManifestationID)16289440(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001592587(PQKBWorkID)14842359(PQKB)10238237(PQKBManifestationID)16229854(PQKBWorkID)14842360(PQKB)22036025(MiAaPQ)EBC4198141(nllekb)BRILL9789004310384(EXLCZ)99371000000053284020160301h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBattles and generals combat, culture, and didacticism in Procopius' Wars /by Conor WhatelyLeiden, The Netherlands ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :Brill,2016.©20161 online resource (290 p.)History of Warfare,1385-7827 ;Volume 111Description based upon print version of record.90-04-31036-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 The Life of Procopius -- 2 How to Defeat the Persians in Combat -- 3 How to Defeat the Vandals in Combat -- 4 How to Defeat the Goths in Combat -- 5 Book Eight -- 6 Procopius’ Worldview and the Wider Intellectual Context -- Appendix 1: Glossary of Procopian Battles and Sieges -- Appendix 2: Win/Loss Records of the Persian and Roman Armies in the Persian Wars  -- Select Bibliography -- Index.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.History of warfare ;Volume 111.War (Philosophy)Byzantine EmpireHistory, Military527-1081Byzantine EmpireHistoryJustinian I, 527-565War (Philosophy)949.5/013Whately Conor1506466MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797986103321Battles and generals3736728UNINA