These treatises, written by experienced commanders at the time, provide information not only on tactics and weaponry but also on the motivations of the men who risked their lives to defend the empire.
These treatises, written by experienced commanders at the time, provide information not only on tactics and weaponry but also on the motivations of th...
The "De Administrando Imperio, " compiled by Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus in the tenth century, is one of the most important historical documents surviving from the middle Byzantine period, containing a wide variety of information on foreign relations and internal administration. The critical text of the "De Administrando Imperio, "edited by Gyula Moravcsik and translated by R. J. H. Jenkins (Dumbarton Oaks Texts), is now joined by the commentary, written in 1962 by a team of eminent scholars led by Jenkins. Long out of print, the Jenkins commentary remains the most thorough and...
The "De Administrando Imperio, " compiled by Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus in the tenth century, is one of the most important historical documents s...