The Ostrogothic Military

TY - CHAP

T1 - The Ostrogothic Military

AU - Halsall, Guy Richard William

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PY - 2016/4

Y1 - 2016/4

N2 - This chapter explores the place of the army and military organisation within the Ostrogothic kingdom. It discusses these issues according to three chronological phases: the army of the conquest, the army in the kingdom of Italy, and the Gothic Wars. Issues such as whether the Ostrogoths themselves were an army, the nature of the army’s settlement and provision of a salary in Italy, and the role of ethnic identity’s role in the formation of the army are all discussed. The army itself has not often been studied as a separate institution, and this may be because, as we shall see, throughout the Ostrogothic kingdom’s short life, the military was inextricably bound up with the nature and the fate of that polity.

AB - This chapter explores the place of the army and military organisation within the Ostrogothic kingdom. It discusses these issues according to three chronological phases: the army of the conquest, the army in the kingdom of Italy, and the Gothic Wars. Issues such as whether the Ostrogoths themselves were an army, the nature of the army’s settlement and provision of a salary in Italy, and the role of ethnic identity’s role in the formation of the army are all discussed. The army itself has not often been studied as a separate institution, and this may be because, as we shall see, throughout the Ostrogothic kingdom’s short life, the military was inextricably bound up with the nature and the fate of that polity.

M3 - Chapter

SN - 9789004313767

SP - 173

EP - 199

BT - A Companion to Ostrogothic Italy

A2 - Arnold, Jonathan

A2 - Bjornlie, Shane

A2 - Sessa, Kristina

PB - Brill

CY - Leiden

ER -