Birth of the Byzantine Army 476-641 CE Volume 2: Watch then Fight!

Birth of the Byzantine Army breaks with the historiographical habit of examining the Romano-Byzantine Army solely during Justinian’s reign (527–565 CE), while neglecting the Eastern Emperors who preceded him after the fall of the Western Empire in 476. This comprehensive study extends to the end of Heraclius’ reign in 641 —the last soldier-emperor of the Late Roman tradition. By that time, the Slavs had seized the Latin-speaking lands of the Balkans, and the Muslims had conquered Syria and ...