General information
Course type | AMUPIE |
Module title | War and Warfare in Late Antiquity |
Language | English |
Module lecturer | prof. UAM dr hab. Łukasz Różycki |
Lecturer's email | rozanus@amu.edu.pl |
Lecturer position | profesor |
Faculty | Faculty of History |
Semester | 2021/2022 (summer) |
Duration | 30 |
ECTS | 5 |
USOS code | 18-WaWiLA-PIE |
Timetable
Module aim (aims)
The aim of the course is to broaden knowledge of students in the history of wars and military in late antiquity with regard to social and military history.
Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)
Basic knowledge of ancient history
Syllabus
Introductory classesRoman military equipment and tacticsWarfare in times of Diocletian and ConstantineVegetius on the Decay of the Roman Army Barbarisation of the roman armyBarbarian Warfare Justinian reconquest of the west (Africa)Justinian reconquest of the west (Italy)Syrianos MagisterLast great wars with PersiaSlavs and Avars in VI centuryStrategiconNaval warfare Warfare and a cityWar and Society in late antiquity Warships and battlesAncient Psychological Warfare
Reading list
• Elton, H., Aspects of Defence in Roman Europe, AD 350-500’, (Oxford, 1990).• The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Warfare, ed. P. Sabin H. van Wees, Cambridge 2008.• A Companion to the Roman Army, ed. P. Erdkamp, Oxford 2007.• Goldsworthy A., The Complete Roman army, London 2003.• Haldon J., Warfare, State and Society in the Byzantine World, 565-1204, London 1999.• Oakeshott E., The Archaeology of Weapons Arms and Armor from Praehistory to the Age of Chivalry, New York 1994.