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The Strategikon of Maurikios, Part I
Beautiful Late Roman-Byzantine creation.(Sara Parkes - Facebook)The Eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire produced a large number of treatises on military science.The Empire maintained its highly...
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Byzantine Hand Grenades
Photo credit: Amir Gorzalczany, Israel Antiquities Authority(Vintage News) - In Israel, a Crusades-era hand grenade was found and retrieved from the sea. The family that found the old relic has...
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The Fall of Damascus - Battle for the Middle East
Members of the Bedouin camel cavalry near Damascus, Syria, 1940.Margaret Bourke-White—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Image.The Arab forces facing the Romans might have looked much like these...
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The Roman Fortress of Ksar Lemsa
Protecting Roman North AfricaLimisa is a town and archaeological site in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia.Little is known of the ancient Roman city of Limisa. A few excavations have been carried out and...
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Barbarians at the Gates - The Roman Balkans
Roman ReenactorMarco le Méro Photographie is with Gwendal Lazzara at Funkenburg WestgreußenThe Coming of - Just About EveryoneIn the centuries after the fall of the Western Roman Empire it is hard to...
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Did Roman Legionaries Wear Red Tunics?
Classic Roman Red UniformsRoman and Byzantine UniformsWhat we know about Roman and then Eastern Roman uniforms is minimal and perhaps mostly wrong. As for the use of the color "red", it may not have...
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Crest of an Emperor
I Love ReenactorsThey not only have an intense love for their subject, but often have a deep knowledge of strange and obscure areas of history.This photo from Facebook is a beautiful recreation of...
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The Empress Theodora at the Colosseum
The Empress Theodora at the Colosseum oil painting (1889) by Jean-Joseph Benjamin-ConstantThe Eastern Roman Empress Theodora (500AD - 548AD) has fascinated historians for over a thousand years.The main...
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The Viking Siege of Constantinople
Vikings! - Thank Odin for violent programmingThe Siege of Constantinople of 860 was the only major military expedition of the Rus' Khaganate recorded in Byzantine and Western European sources. But...
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Uniforms of the Eastern Roman Army
From the Facebook page: FectioFectio is the only Dutch Late Roman Re-enactment Society, founded on Saturday May 31st, 1997. Our main aim is education about the Late Roman army by show and tell,...
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The Swaying Struggle - Battle for the Middle East Part VII
Roman soldiers 6th and 7th centuryFacebook.com/Numerus InvictorumThe Muslims March NorthBattle for the Middle East Part VIIHere we are at Part VII of the titanic Battle for the Middle East.Where...
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General Belisarius in Sicily and Constantinople
General Belisarius in Syracuse, Sicily(Illustration of Mile Jakubiec, drawn for the book "Ancient Generals").One of Rome's Greatest GeneralsThis beautiful painting of General Belisarius during his...
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Archaeologists Unearth 2,200-Year-Old Mosaics
One of the most important cities in the Eastern Roman Empire was Zeugma: A once flourishing city home to 80,000 inhabitants situated in the present-day province of Gazientep in southern Turkey.Now,...
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Emperor Basil II - Front Line General
(Deviantart.com)Basil II"He crushed rebellions, subdued the feudal landowners, conquered the enemies of the Empire, notably in the Danubian provinces and the East. Everywhere the might of Roman arms...
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The Empire Strikes Back - Battle for the Middle East Part VIII
Late Empire Roman Cavalry Horse-Archer(pinterest)The Roman Army Marches SouthBattle for the Middle East Part VIIIHere we are at Part VIII of the titanic Battle for the Middle East.Where Eastern Roman...
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Romans vs Turks in Anatolia - Anna Comnena
11th Century Eastern Roman ReenactorWarfare on the Eastern FrontA contemporary historian's accountMilitary ReformAt the beginning of the Komnenian Dynasty period in 1081, the Eastern Roman Empire had...
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Latin Speaking Africa
Brutus and Cassius in HBO's RomeLanguage Follows Military PowerIt is rather simple, language follows military conquest and economic power.We saw the Greek language take hold in much of Egypt with the...
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Battle For The Mediterranean - The Arab Conquest of Malta
North African Arab Warriors(epicalm.com)The Muslim ConquestsStarting in 639 AD the Muslims began their conquest of Roman North Africa by invading Egypt. After Egypt the Muslims moved across North...
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Byzantine Armor Reproductions
Eastern Roman 10th century armor reproduction. The mural in Agios Nestorios church below was used as a model by Agios Nikolaos.From Byzantine Army FacebookThe armor of Eastern Romans are unknown to...
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The 2nd Battle of Yarmouk - Battle for the Middle East
Late Roman ReenactorsThe Roman Middle East EndsBattle for the Middle East Part IXHere we are at Part IX of the titanic Battle for the Middle East.Where Eastern Roman military history is addressed at...
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