03-24-2008, 11:59 PM
For warfare in the east in late antiquity there are two must have source books with useful commentaries.
M.H. Dodgeon and S.N.C. Lieu, The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars, AD 226-363, (London, 1991).
G. Greatrex and S.N.C. Lieu, The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars, AD 363-628, (London, 2002) - now out in paperback
For fortifications see
S. Johnson, Late Roman Fortifications (London, 1983).
J. Lander, Roman Stone Fortifications, Variation and Change from the First Century AD to the Fourth (BAR.Int.Series, S206, Oxford, 1984).
M.H. Dodgeon and S.N.C. Lieu, The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars, AD 226-363, (London, 1991).
G. Greatrex and S.N.C. Lieu, The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars, AD 363-628, (London, 2002) - now out in paperback
For fortifications see
S. Johnson, Late Roman Fortifications (London, 1983).
J. Lander, Roman Stone Fortifications, Variation and Change from the First Century AD to the Fourth (BAR.Int.Series, S206, Oxford, 1984).
Stephen McCotter
