LEADER 03055nam 2200601 450 001 9910511431503321 005 20170918205628.0 010 $a90-04-31038-X 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004310384 035 $a(CKB)3710000000532840 035 $a(EBL)4198141 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001592587 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16289440 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001592587 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14842359 035 $a(PQKB)10238237 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16229854 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14842360 035 $a(PQKB)22036025 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4198141 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004310384 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000532840 100 $a20160301h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBattles and generals $ecombat, culture, and didacticism in Procopius' Wars /$fby Conor Whately 210 1$aLeiden, The Netherlands ;$aBoston, [Massachusetts] :$cBrill,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (290 p.) 225 1 $aHistory of Warfare,$x1385-7827 ;$vVolume 111 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-04-31036-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreliminary 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. 330 $aIn Battles and Generals: Combat, Culture, and Didacticism in Procopius? Wars, Whately reads Procopius? descriptions of combat through the lens of didacticism, arguing that one of Procopius? intentions was to construct those accounts not only so that they might be entertaining to his audience, but also so that they might provide real value to his readership, which was comprised, in part, of the empire?s military command. In the course of this analysis we discover that the varied battles and sieges that Procopius describes are not generic; rather, they have been crafted to reflect the nature of combat ? as understood by Procopius ? on the three fronts of Justinian?s wars, the frontier with Persia, Vandal north Africa, and Gothic Italy. 410 0$aHistory of warfare ;$vVolume 111. 606 $aWar (Philosophy) 607 $aByzantine Empire$xHistory, Military$y527-1081 607 $aByzantine Empire$xHistory$yJustinian I, 527-565 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWar (Philosophy) 676 $a949.5/013 700 $aWhately$b Conor$01066552 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910511431503321 996 $aBattles and generals$92549408 997 $aUNINA