„ДА СТАНУВАШ СРЕЩУ ВРАГА!“ ВИЗАНТИЙСКИЯТ ПОХОДЕН ВОЕНЕН ЛАГЕР ПРЕЗ КЪСНИЯ Х ВЕК СПОРЕД АНОНИМНИЯ ТРАКТАТ DE CASTRAMETATIONE
“TO CAMP AGAINST THE ENEMY!” THE BYZANTINE MILITARY CAMP ON THE MARCH, IN THE LATE 10TH CENTURY, ACCORDING TO THE ANONYMOUS TREATISE DE CASTRAMETATIONE

Summary/Abstract: The paper examines the organizational aspects and instructions for the erection of the Byzantine military camp on enemy territory in the late tenth century. The main source is the anonymous Byzantine military treatise called De castrametatione. The work itself dates from the last quarter of the tenth century and is written in Greek. De castrametatione consists of 32 chapters devoted to military operations on the Byzantine northwestern front, especially in the mountains located on the Balkan Peninsula. In the present work, the structure of the camp and the number of the marching army on which its size depends accordingly, are considered in detail. Attention has been paid to the details of the precise measurements required to erect a camp bearing and to ensure its protection.

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