Cover illustration: Konstantinos Doukas and his men distract their pursuers. Codex Græcus Matritensis Ioannis Skyllitzes fol. 113v. With kind permission of the Biblioteca Nacional de España.
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Names: Różycki, Łukasz, author. | Chorzewski, Krzysztof, translator
Title: Battlefield emotions in late antiquity : a study of fear and motivation in Roman military treatises / by Łukasz Różycki ; translated by Krzysztof Chorzewski.
Other titles: Study of fear and motivation in Roman military treatises
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021] | Series: History of warfare, 1385-7827 ; vol. 136 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021008231 (print) | LCCN 2021008232 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004462410 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004462557 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Military art and science—Rome—History. | Rome—History, Military—Historiography. | Fear—Rome—History—To 510 B.C. | Military morale—Rome—History. | Rome—History, Military—Historiography. | Military art and science—History—Medieval, 500–1500—Historiography.
Classification: LCC U35 .R69 2021 (print) | LCC U35 (ebook) | DDC 355.1/230937—dcundefined
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