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

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-90-04-46241-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 136, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 696 g

Reihe: History of Warfare

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, Lukasz Rózycki 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

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Rózycki, Lukasz

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Lukasz Rózycki, 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.