Byzantine Armies 1118-1461 ADOsprey Publishing Co.
Ian Heath
ISBN: 1855323478
price: $14.95
About this title The Byzantine Empire's disastrous defeat by
the Seljuk Turks at Manzikert in 1071 effectively marked the end
of what is often described as the 'middle' period of Byzantine
history. Thereafter, surrounded on all sides by younger, more
vigorous nations, the once all-powerful Empire slipped into a
steady decline which, ultimately, to prove terminal. However, the
Empire's demise was anything but peaceful, and, one way or
another, for much of the last four centuries of its existence it
was to find itself in a state of virtually constant war. Ian
Heath examines the fascinating history the Byzantine
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