05-03-2008, 07:43 PM
Ladies and gentlemen I would like your help concerning the second battel of Cannae (Ofante) 1018.
I know the leaders and I have some idea about Norman chroniclers.
But I cannot find any details of the actual battle.
Some poeple think that Basil II sent Varangian guards to Boiannes.
I doubt it. Probably they were just Russian mercenaries. In that time it would probably be a mix of Scandinavians and Slavs.
We know that Normans and Lombards were crushed.
In my opinion it was that: behind steady spearmen the Byzantine archers "softened" the knights and then Boioannes counter attacked with cavalry.
Anybody knows better or other sources.
Kind regards
I know the leaders and I have some idea about Norman chroniclers.
But I cannot find any details of the actual battle.
Some poeple think that Basil II sent Varangian guards to Boiannes.
I doubt it. Probably they were just Russian mercenaries. In that time it would probably be a mix of Scandinavians and Slavs.
We know that Normans and Lombards were crushed.
In my opinion it was that: behind steady spearmen the Byzantine archers "softened" the knights and then Boioannes counter attacked with cavalry.
Anybody knows better or other sources.
Kind regards
HOPLITE14GR (aka Stefanos)
Phokean Ekdromos
http://hetairoi.de/
http://hoplomachia.gr
http://stefanosskarmintzos.wordpress.com
Phokean Ekdromos
http://hetairoi.de/
http://hoplomachia.gr
http://stefanosskarmintzos.wordpress.com