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Considers the ideals and realities of generalship across the Greek, Roman and Byzantine worlds
Addresses a neglected aspect in the study of ancient warfare
Analyses views generated in different ancient cultures about the theory and practice of generalship
Brings together the latest research on generalship from a wide spectrum of academic experts
Contains discussion of the theory and practice of generalship in other contemporary cultures including Persia, Arabia and China
This volume is unique in addressing a key aspect of ancient warfare across a broad chronological and cultural span, focusing on generalship from Archaic Greece to the Byzantine Empire in the twelfth century AD. Across this broad span, it explores a range of ideas on how to be a successful general, showing how the art of generalship a profession that has been occupied variously by the political elite, the mercenary soldier and the eunuch evolved and adapted to shifting notions of how a good military leader should act.
Highlighting developments and continuities in this age-old profession across the Graeco-Roman world, this volume brings together the latest research on generalship from both established and new voices. The chapters examine both ideals of generalship and specific examples of generals, considering the principles underpinning the roles they played and the qualities desired in them. They discuss in particular the intersection between military and political roles, the addresses delivered by generals to their troops, the virtue of courage and the commemoration of victory as well as defeat. In addition, contributors consider cross-cultural comparisons of generalship, with specific chapters devoted to Persian, Arab and Chinese views.
Contents
Acknowledgements List of ContributorsAbbreviations
Introduction: Generalship in Ancient Greece, Rome and Byzantium - Richard Evans and Shaun Tougher
1. Kings, Tyrants and Bandy-Legged Men: Generalship in Archaic Greece - Cezary Kucewicz
2. Commemorating Thermopylae: The andreia of Glorious Defeat as a Literary Construct - Richard Evans
3. Plato on Military and Political Leadership - Nicholas Rockwell
4. Reconstructing Early Seleucid Generalship, 301-222 BC - Alex McAuley
5. Generalship and Knowledge in the Middle Roman Republic - Michael Taylor
6. Command Assessment in the Bellum Gallicum: Fortuna and Caesar - David Nolan
7. Remembering P. Quinctilius Varus: Opposing Perspectives on the Memory and Memorialization of the Failed General in the Annales of Tacitus - Daniel Crosby
8. Decius and the Battle near Abritus - David Potter
9. Ammianus and the Heroic Mode of Generalship in the Fourth Century AD - Conor Whately
10. The Fine Line between Courage and Fear in the Vandal War - Michael Stewart
11. The Generalship of John Troglita - Art in Artifice - Martine de Marre
12. The Best of Men: Cross-Cultural Command in the 630s AD - Eve MacDonald
13. Tian Yue Marshals His Tropes: Public Persuasion and the Character of Military Leadership in Late Tang China - David A. Graff
14. The Ideal of the Roman General in Byzantium: The Reception of Onasander's Strategikos in Byzantine Military Literature - Philip Rance
15. Generalship and Gender in Byzantium: Non-Campaigning Emperors and Eunuch Generals in the Age of the Macedonian Dynasty - Shaun Tougher
16. The Politics of War: Virtue, Tyche, Persuasion, and the Byzantine General - Dimitris Krallis
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