Byzantine armour, arms and equipment

[Alexandr K]

Thanks Matthew. Can you recommend any great literature covering that period? I just read John Julius Norwich's "Byzantium - The Early Centuries" and found it pretty informative.

As far as I know there are not many books dealing with the Roman/Byzantine army and warfare under Justinian. Rather the information are scattered in various articles and chapters of books. So apart from the book mentioned above by Robert you may probably be interested especially in the following literature:

Elton, H.: Army and Battle in the Age of Justinian, in: Erdkamp, P. (ed.), A Companion to the Roman Army, Oxford, 2007, s. 532-550.

Hughes, I.: Belisarius. The Last Roman General, Barnsley, 2009.

Jones, A. H. M.: The Later Roman Empire, 284-602 AD (2 vols.), Oxford, 1964. (the part about late Roman army)

Kolias, T. G.: Byzantinische Waffen, Wien, 1988.

Lee, A. D.: The Empire at War, in: Maas, M. (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Justinian, Cambridge, 2006, s. 113-134.

Müller, A.: Das Heer Justinians nach Procop und Agathias, Philologus 71, 1912, s. 101-138.

Rance, P.: Narses and the Battle of Taginae (Busta Gallorum) 552: Procopius and Sixth-Century Warfare, Historia 54, 2005, s. 424-472.

Teall, J.: The Barbarians in Justinian's Armies, Speculum 40, 1965, s. 294-322.

Whitby, M.: Recruitment in Roman Armies from Justinian to Heraclius (ca. 565-615), in: Cameron, A. (ed.), The Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East 3: States, Resources and Armies, Princeton, 1995, s. 61-124.

Greetings,
Alexandr