Georgios Theotokis is Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Byzantine Studies Research Centre, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul. He is the author of Norman Campaigns in the Balkans 1081-1108 (2014) and editor of Military History of the Mediterranean Sea (2018).

An excellent look at the very important conflict between the Byzantines and the Arabs

• AcknowledgementsList of rulersMap of Anatolia and Upper MesopotamiaMap of Armenian themes and principalitiesIntroductionThe "Grand Strategy" of the Byzantine EmpireByzantine and Arab strategies and campaigning tactics in Cilicia and Anatolia (eighth–tenth centuries)The Empire’s foreign policy in the East and the key role of Armenia (c. 870–965)The Byzantine view of their enemies in the battlefield – the ArabsMethods of transmission of (military) knowledge (I): reconnaissance, intelligenceMethods of transmission of (military) knowledge (II): espionageTactical changes in the Byzantine armies of the tenth century – Theory and practice in the battlefields of the EastTactical changes in the Byzantine armies of the tenth century – investigating the root causesByzantine–Arab battles of the tenth century: evidence of innovation and adaptation in the chronicler sourcesTactical innovation and adaptation in the Byzantine army of the tenth century: the study of the battlesSummaries and conclusionsBibliography

Georgios Theotokis is Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Byzantine Studies Research Centre, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul. He is the author of Norman Campaigns in the Balkans 1081-1108 (2014) and editor of Military History of the Mediterranean Sea (2018).

An excellent look at the very important conflict between the Byzantines and the Arabs

• AcknowledgementsList of rulersMap of Anatolia and Upper MesopotamiaMap of Armenian themes and principalitiesIntroductionThe "Grand Strategy" of the Byzantine EmpireByzantine and Arab strategies and campaigning tactics in Cilicia and Anatolia (eighth–tenth centuries)The Empire’s foreign policy in the East and the key role of Armenia (c. 870–965)The Byzantine view of their enemies in the battlefield – the ArabsMethods of transmission of (military) knowledge (I): reconnaissance, intelligenceMethods of transmission of (military) knowledge (II): espionageTactical changes in the Byzantine armies of the tenth century – Theory and practice in the battlefields of the EastTactical changes in the Byzantine armies of the tenth century – investigating the root causesByzantine–Arab battles of the tenth century: evidence of innovation and adaptation in the chronicler sourcesTactical innovation and adaptation in the Byzantine army of the tenth century: the study of the battlesSummaries and conclusionsBibliography

Georgios Theotokis is Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Byzantine Studies Research Centre, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul. He is the author of Norman Campaigns in the Balkans 1081-1108 (2014) and editor of Military History of the Mediterranean Sea (2018).

An excellent look at the very important conflict between the Byzantines and the Arabs

• AcknowledgementsList of rulersMap of Anatolia and Upper MesopotamiaMap of Armenian themes and principalitiesIntroductionThe "Grand Strategy" of the Byzantine EmpireByzantine and Arab strategies and campaigning tactics in Cilicia and Anatolia (eighth–tenth centuries)The Empire’s foreign policy in the East and the key role of Armenia (c. 870–965)The Byzantine view of their enemies in the battlefield – the ArabsMethods of transmission of (military) knowledge (I): reconnaissance, intelligenceMethods of transmission of (military) knowledge (II): espionageTactical changes in the Byzantine armies of the tenth century – Theory and practice in the battlefields of the EastTactical changes in the Byzantine armies of the tenth century – investigating the root causesByzantine–Arab battles of the tenth century: evidence of innovation and adaptation in the chronicler sourcesTactical innovation and adaptation in the Byzantine army of the tenth century: the study of the battlesSummaries and conclusionsBibliography