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Demetrius (20)

Subject: Classical studies

Of Troezen (probably 1st cent. ad), wrote works on literary history. The only known title is that of his work on philosophers, Against the Sophists. Athenaeus 1. 29a;Diogenes ...

Siege Warfare

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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology

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Current Version:
2010
Subject:
History, Military History, Social sciences, Warfare and Defence
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4,125 words
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...out. Examples of narrative siege descriptions by Byzantine authors include Prokopios on the Gothic siege of Rome (537/38), in which the Goths used four siege towers; Agathias on Narses’ siege of Cumae (552/53), with a description of a sapping operation; the Miracles of St. Demetrius on the Avaro-Slav siege of Thessalonike (possibly 586 or or 597 ) describing what are presumably trebuchets, as well as rams and siege sheds; John Kameniates on the Arab siege of Thessalonike (904), with siege towers on ships; and Anna Komnene on the Norman siege of...

Byzantine Empire

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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology

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Current Version:
2010
Subject:
History, Military History, Social sciences, Warfare and Defence
Length:
24,715 words
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...by DietherRoderich Reinsch . Corpus Fontium Historiae Byzantinae 22. Berlin and New York: de Gruyter, 1983. Kritoboulos, Michael . History of Mehmed the Conqueror . Translated by Charles T. Riggs . Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1954. Kydones, Demetrios . Démétrius Cydonius: Correspondance . Edited by Raymond J. Loenertz . Vatican City: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1956–1960. Lampros, Spyridēn P. , ed. Vrachea chronika . Athens, Greece: Grapheion Dēmosieumatēn Akadēmias Athēnēn, 1932. Manuel II Palaiologos . The Letters of Manuel II...

Crusades

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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology

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2010
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History, Military History, Social sciences, Warfare and Defence
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...the medieval period. During the battle, Kerbogha does appear to have made a number of tactical mistakes; however, the key factor seems to have been the zealous momentum of the Christian assault, during which contemporaries claimed that they were supported by Saint George, Saint Demetrius, and Saint Mercurius. With this victory, the road to the Levant lay open and the Christian armies moved south. Although there had been friction among the crusade leadership during the siege, the battle stood as testament to the commanders’ ability to work together at a time of...

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