11-14-2006, 08:08 AM
Quote:the most panoramic survey of this period still remains:
Kolias, T.G., Byzantinische Waffen. Ein Beitrag zur byzantinischen Waffenkunde von den Anfängen bis zur lateinischen Eroberung (Byzantina Vindobonensia), Wien : Verlag der Osterraischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1988.
That may be so but I violently disagree with Kolias' treatment of plumbatae, which he views as a proto-mace. The reconstrcution drawing is ludicrous! The current translator of Maurikios' Strategikon (Philip Rance) agrees that Kolias' translation of the text concerning plumbatae (Martzobarboulon) is incorrect.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)