Raffaele D'Amato

Post-Roman Kingdoms (eBook, ePUB)

'Dark Ages' Gaul & Britain, AD 450-800
Illustrator: Evgenevich Negin, Andrei

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Meticulously researched, this book examines the evidence for the post-Roman military forces of France and Britain during the 'Dark Ages', reconstructing their way of life and the battles they fought in compelling detail. The collapse of the former Western Roman Empire during the so called 'Dark Ages' c. AD 410 was gradual and piecemeal. Out of this vacuum arose regional tribes and leaders determined to take back kingdoms that were theirs and oust any Roman presence for good. However, the Roman guard was tenacious and survived in small pockets that emerged in both Gaul and Britain. These areas of Romano-Celtic resistance held out against the Saxons until at least the mid 6th century in Britain and against the Visigoths and the Merovingian Franks until the late 8th century in France. Drawing on archaeological finds, contemporary sculpture and manuscript illuminations, Dr Raffaele D'Amato presents contemporary evidence for 5th to 9th-century Gallic and British 'Dark Age' armies and reconstructs their way of life and the battles they fought. The text, accompanied by photographs and colour illustrations, paints an intricate picture of how these disparate groups of Roman soldiers survived and adapted on the fringes of the Roman Empire.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472850942
• Artikelnr.: 66301644

Autorenporträt

Raffaele D'Amato, PhD, is the author of some 40 books and has written numerous articles on the Roman Empire, Byzantium, medieval Europe and the military of Ancient Greece. He has taught at the University of Ferrara, and was a visiting professor at Fatih University, Istanbul. He currently lives in England, working as an archaeological consultant and lawyer for Timeline Auctions Ltd of Harwich, and also as an external researcher for the Laboratory of the Danubian Provinces at the University of Ferrara.

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION Sub
Roman and post
Roman
Sources SELECT CHRONOLOGY POST
ROMAN GAUL Historical background: the Patricii
Armorica
The Arborychi
Southern Gaul Military organization
Armies of the Patricii
Armorica and Brittany
Post
Roman enclaves and cities POST
ROMAN BRITAIN Historical background: the warlords
Ambrosius
Arthur Kingdoms
Bryneichn
Reghed and Cumbria
Elmet
Gododdin
Strathclyde
Gwynedd, Dyfed and Powys
Dumnonia
Other Romano
British enclaves Military organization
Warlord armies
Romano
British kingdoms
Teulu, Gosgordd and Nifer
Size of armies EQUIPMENT, ARMS & CLOTHING Gallo
Roman Patricii armies
Helmets
Body armour
Weapons
Other equipment
Military dress
Germanic equipment Brittany and Armorica
Helmets
Armour and shields
Weapons
Horse equipment
Military dress British warlord armies
Helmets
Body armour
Shields
Military belts
Weapons: Spears
Swords
Daggers and knives
Axes Cavalry warfare and equipment
Standards Post
Roman kingdoms
Helmets
Armour
Shields
Weapons
Cavalry warfare
Military dress SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX