Battlefield Emotions in Late Antiquity: A Study of Fear and Motivation in Roman Military Treatises

Łukasz Różycki (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

344 Seiten

2021
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-46241-0 (ISBN)

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Battlefield Emotions in Late Antiquity is the first work to offer a comprehensive analysis of morale and fear. Różycki examines Roman military treatises to illustrate the methods of manipulating the human psyche.

Battlefield Emotions in Late Antiquity is a pioneering work, the first to present a comprehensive analysis of fear and motivation on the battlefields of Late Antiquity. By examining military treatises, Łukasz Różycki identifies means of manipulating the morale of soldiers on the same and on opposing sides, showing various examples of military trickery. The book analyzes non-combat properties of equipment, commanders’ speeches, war cries, keeping up appearances, and other methods of affecting the human psyche. The book is written in the spirit of new military history and combines the methodology of a historian, archaeologist, and philologist, and also considers aspects of psychology, particularly related to the functioning of groups and individuals in extreme situations.

Łukasz Różycki, Ph.D. (1983), Adam Mickiewicz University, is an archaeologist and professor of ancient history, specializing in Late Antiquity and Byzantine military history. He is the author of numerous well-received academic articles and monographs, as well as translations from classical languages.

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 The Purpose of the Work and the Current State of Research

2 Chronological Framework and Structure of the Work

3 Methodology

4 Issues of Methodology and Interpretation

5 Sources

1 The Concept of War in Roman Military Treatises

2 Fighting Fear

1 Fear as a Psychological Factor on the Battlefield

2 Fear of the Dark

3 Esprit de corps

4 Fear of the Enemy

5 The Ethnographic Context

6 Fear of Combat

7 Fear of the Unknown

8 Fear of Equipment

9 Fear of Service in Difficult Conditions

3 Weaponizing Fear

1 Prisoners of War

2 Scouts

3 Barditus/barritus/nobiscum

4 Hush …

5 Charge

6 Envoys and Spies

7 Deserters and Traitors

4 The Commander

1 Military Discipline

2 Social Control System in the Roman Army

3 Information

4 Commanders’ Speeches

5 After the Battle

1 Victory

2 Pursuit

3 Envelopment

4 General Remarks

5 Spoils and the Wounded

6 Indecisive Battle

7 Defeat

6 Conclusion

Bibliography

1 Sources

2 Modern Works

Erscheinungsdatum	28.04.2021
Reihe/Serie	History of Warfare ; 136
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	696 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
ISBN-10	90-04-46241-4 / 9004462414
ISBN-13	978-90-04-46241-0 / 9789004462410
Zustand	Neuware