Yannis Stouraitis, Ph.D (2007), is Lecturer of Byzantine history at the University of Edinburgh. He has various publications on the history of Byzantium, including Krieg und Frieden in der politishen und ideologischen Wahrnehmung in Byzanz (7.-11. Jahrhundert) (Vienna 2009).

''In conclusione, il volume è sicuramente utile sotto diversi aspetti, in un campo, quale quello degli studi sulla guerra, di importanza fondamentale per la comprensione della civiltà bizantina''. Arturo Mariano Iannace in Medioevo Greco , 19 (2019).

• ContentsList of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: Military Power in the Christian Roman Empire, c. 300-1204Yannis StouraitisPart 1: The Mentality of War1 The Imperial Theology of VictoryPaul Stephenson2 State War Ethic and Popular Views on WarfareYannis Stouraitis3 Civil War in the Christian EmpireYannis Stouraitis4 The Enemies of the Empire: Portrayed ImagesMichael Grünbart5 Warfare as Literary NarrativeStamatina McGrath6 Alternative Means of Conflict ResolutionTilemachos LounghisPart 2: Warfare as Socio-Political Praxis7 Army Structure: Roman Continuity and Byzantine ChangeSavvas Kyriakidis8 Byzantine Fronts and Strategies 300-1204Denis Sullivan9 Naval Warfare: Military, Institutional and Economic AspectsSalvatore Cosentino10 Siege Warfare: The Art of Re-CaptureChristos G. Makrypoulias11 The Army in Peace Time: Social Status and the Function of SoldiersPhilip Rance12 Military Technology: Production and Use of WeaponsGeorgios TheotokisGeneral BibliographyIndex

Yannis Stouraitis, Ph.D (2007), is Lecturer of Byzantine history at the University of Edinburgh. He has various publications on the history of Byzantium, including Krieg und Frieden in der politishen und ideologischen Wahrnehmung in Byzanz (7.-11. Jahrhundert) (Vienna 2009).

''In conclusione, il volume è sicuramente utile sotto diversi aspetti, in un campo, quale quello degli studi sulla guerra, di importanza fondamentale per la comprensione della civiltà bizantina''. Arturo Mariano Iannace in Medioevo Greco , 19 (2019).

• ContentsList of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: Military Power in the Christian Roman Empire, c. 300-1204Yannis StouraitisPart 1: The Mentality of War1 The Imperial Theology of VictoryPaul Stephenson2 State War Ethic and Popular Views on WarfareYannis Stouraitis3 Civil War in the Christian EmpireYannis Stouraitis4 The Enemies of the Empire: Portrayed ImagesMichael Grünbart5 Warfare as Literary NarrativeStamatina McGrath6 Alternative Means of Conflict ResolutionTilemachos LounghisPart 2: Warfare as Socio-Political Praxis7 Army Structure: Roman Continuity and Byzantine ChangeSavvas Kyriakidis8 Byzantine Fronts and Strategies 300-1204Denis Sullivan9 Naval Warfare: Military, Institutional and Economic AspectsSalvatore Cosentino10 Siege Warfare: The Art of Re-CaptureChristos G. Makrypoulias11 The Army in Peace Time: Social Status and the Function of SoldiersPhilip Rance12 Military Technology: Production and Use of WeaponsGeorgios TheotokisGeneral BibliographyIndex

Yannis Stouraitis, Ph.D (2007), is Lecturer of Byzantine history at the University of Edinburgh. He has various publications on the history of Byzantium, including Krieg und Frieden in der politishen und ideologischen Wahrnehmung in Byzanz (7.-11. Jahrhundert) (Vienna 2009).

''In conclusione, il volume è sicuramente utile sotto diversi aspetti, in un campo, quale quello degli studi sulla guerra, di importanza fondamentale per la comprensione della civiltà bizantina''. Arturo Mariano Iannace in Medioevo Greco , 19 (2019).

• ContentsList of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: Military Power in the Christian Roman Empire, c. 300-1204Yannis StouraitisPart 1: The Mentality of War1 The Imperial Theology of VictoryPaul Stephenson2 State War Ethic and Popular Views on WarfareYannis Stouraitis3 Civil War in the Christian EmpireYannis Stouraitis4 The Enemies of the Empire: Portrayed ImagesMichael Grünbart5 Warfare as Literary NarrativeStamatina McGrath6 Alternative Means of Conflict ResolutionTilemachos LounghisPart 2: Warfare as Socio-Political Praxis7 Army Structure: Roman Continuity and Byzantine ChangeSavvas Kyriakidis8 Byzantine Fronts and Strategies 300-1204Denis Sullivan9 Naval Warfare: Military, Institutional and Economic AspectsSalvatore Cosentino10 Siege Warfare: The Art of Re-CaptureChristos G. Makrypoulias11 The Army in Peace Time: Social Status and the Function of SoldiersPhilip Rance12 Military Technology: Production and Use of WeaponsGeorgios TheotokisGeneral BibliographyIndex