Anthony Kaldellis is Professor of Classics at the University of Chicago. He has written on many aspects of Byzantine history, literature, and culture, including the reception of the classical tradition, identities (Romanland, 2019), monuments (The Christian Parthenon, Cambridge University Press, 2009), and politics (The Byzantine Republic, 2015). He has completed a new history of Byzantium (The New Roman Empire, forthcoming) and is the host of the popular podcast Byzantium & Friends. MARION KRUSE is an Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Cincinnati. His research focuses on Roman and Byzantine history and historiography, and he has published on topics ranging from Prokopios' Wars of Justinian to the prosopography of the eleventh century. His first book, The Politics of Roman Memory (2019), examines the role of memory in eastern Roman responses to the fall of the western empire, especially in the Novels of Justinian.

'This is a well-written and stimulating book that compels readers to reassess what they know or believe about the military administration and defensive capabilities of the east Roman empire. The appendices provide valuable correctives to the prosopography of military personnel.' Philip Rance, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

• 1. The high command from Julian to Theodosius I (361–395 AD); 2. The late emergence of the eastern Notitia-system (395–450 AD); 3. The 'classic' phase of the eastern field armies (450–506 AD); 4. The dispersal and decline of the eastern field armies (506–630 AD).

Anthony Kaldellis is Professor of Classics at the University of Chicago. He has written on many aspects of Byzantine history, literature, and culture, including the reception of the classical tradition, identities (Romanland, 2019), monuments (The Christian Parthenon, Cambridge University Press, 2009), and politics (The Byzantine Republic, 2015). He has completed a new history of Byzantium (The New Roman Empire, forthcoming) and is the host of the popular podcast Byzantium & Friends. MARION KRUSE is an Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Cincinnati. His research focuses on Roman and Byzantine history and historiography, and he has published on topics ranging from Prokopios' Wars of Justinian to the prosopography of the eleventh century. His first book, The Politics of Roman Memory (2019), examines the role of memory in eastern Roman responses to the fall of the western empire, especially in the Novels of Justinian.

'This is a well-written and stimulating book that compels readers to reassess what they know or believe about the military administration and defensive capabilities of the east Roman empire. The appendices provide valuable correctives to the prosopography of military personnel.' Philip Rance, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

• 1. The high command from Julian to Theodosius I (361–395 AD); 2. The late emergence of the eastern Notitia-system (395–450 AD); 3. The 'classic' phase of the eastern field armies (450–506 AD); 4. The dispersal and decline of the eastern field armies (506–630 AD).

Anthony Kaldellis is Professor of Classics at the University of Chicago. He has written on many aspects of Byzantine history, literature, and culture, including the reception of the classical tradition, identities (Romanland, 2019), monuments (The Christian Parthenon, Cambridge University Press, 2009), and politics (The Byzantine Republic, 2015). He has completed a new history of Byzantium (The New Roman Empire, forthcoming) and is the host of the popular podcast Byzantium & Friends. MARION KRUSE is an Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Cincinnati. His research focuses on Roman and Byzantine history and historiography, and he has published on topics ranging from Prokopios' Wars of Justinian to the prosopography of the eleventh century. His first book, The Politics of Roman Memory (2019), examines the role of memory in eastern Roman responses to the fall of the western empire, especially in the Novels of Justinian.

'This is a well-written and stimulating book that compels readers to reassess what they know or believe about the military administration and defensive capabilities of the east Roman empire. The appendices provide valuable correctives to the prosopography of military personnel.' Philip Rance, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

• 1. The high command from Julian to Theodosius I (361–395 AD); 2. The late emergence of the eastern Notitia-system (395–450 AD); 3. The 'classic' phase of the eastern field armies (450–506 AD); 4. The dispersal and decline of the eastern field armies (506–630 AD).