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Vikings in the East
Androshchuk, Fedir

In his book, Fedir Androshchuk provides a comprehensive insight about the contacts between Scandinavians, Kievan Rus’, and Byzantium in the 9th–11th centuries. Through archaeological and written sources, he examines how trade, political networks, and cultural exchange shaped the formation of hybrid identities.

Review by: Scheuerle, Anita, 2025-11-13 10:42
#Androshchuk, Fedir
#Byzantine Empire
#Eastern Europe
#Rus
#Scandinavia
#Archaeology
#Burials
#Trade
#Warfare and Military Organization
#Early Middle Ages
#High Middle Ages

Between Ravenna and Constantinople. Rethinking Late Antique Settlement Patterns
Ciglenečki, Slavko

In Between Ravenna and Constantinople, the Slovenian archaeologist Slavko Ciglenečki presents a comprehensive analysis of the profound changes in settlement patterns during Late Antiquity.

Review by: Fischer, Samira, 2024-11-20 03:27
#Ciglenečki, Slavko
#Mediterranean
#Southern and Central Europe
#Archaeology
#Early Middle Ages
#Late Antiquity

Warhorse. Cavalry in Ancient Warfare
Sidnell, Philipp

This monograph by Philip Sidnell covers the topic of cavalry and mounted warfare in antiquity.

Review by: Nagy, Goldie, 2023-05-08 03:18
#Sidnell, Philipp
#Greece
#Mediterranean
#Roman Empire
#Archaeology
#Historiography
#Cavalry
#Warfare and Military Organization
#Antiquity

Early Byzantine settlements in Serbia and surroundings
Milinković, Mihailo

Mihailo Milinković’s monograph deals with early Byzantine settlements on the territory of present-day Serbia and its surroundings. These are the former late Roman provinces of Pannonia Secunda, Dalmatia, Moesia Prima, Dacia Ripensis, Dacia Mediterranea, Dardania and Praevalitana. The chronological focus lies in the 6th and early 7th century.

Review by: Fischer, Samira, 2023-05-08 02:40
#Milinković, Mihailo
#Byzantine Empire
#Eastern Europe
#Archaeology
#Hilltop Settlements
#Late Antiquity

The Roman Army
Le Bohec, Yan

Yann Le Bohec forms a broad and partially in-depth introductory work on the subject of the Roman army of the early and high imperial period.

Review by: Hahn, geb. Kuhn, Philipp, 2021-10-11 02:15
#Le Bohec, Yan
#Roman Empire
#Archaeology
#Roman Army
#Antiquity

Graphic Signs of Authority in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, 300–900
Garipzanov, Ildar

Graphic Signs of Authority in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, 300–900 deals with the cultural history of what the author calls „graphic signs“.

Review by: Stabel, Andrea, 2021-09-20 07:34
#Garipzanov, Ildar
#Europe
#Archaeology
#Ideology
#Numismatics
#Burials
#Coins
#Constantine
#Early Middle Ages
#Late Antiquity

Das römische Heer in der Späten Kaiserzeit
Le Bohec, Yan

This work by Yann Le Bohec expands the topic of the Roman army to the 4th and 5th centuries AD.

Review by: Hahn, geb. Kuhn, Philipp, 2021-09-17 06:21
#Le Bohec, Yan
#Roman Empire
#Archaeology
#Roman Army
#Weaponry
#Late Antiquity

Das Amt ‚Dux‘ in Spätantike und frühem Mittelalter
Zerjadtke, Michael

Michael Zerjadtke’s dissertation deals with the officer of the duces (sg. dux) in Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages. Duces are generally translated as „military leaders”.

Review by: Stabel, Andrea, 2021-05-19 11:29
#Zerjadtke, Michael
#Germany
#Archaeology
#Military Leadership and Command Structures
#Late Antiquity

Angelsächsische Waffengräber des 5. bis 7. Jahrhunderts
Härke, Heinrich

Härke deals with the furniture of weapons in early Saxon graves and correlates the accessible archaeological and anthropological data as well as the written sources.

Review by: Stabel, Andrea, 2021-05-19 11:18
#Härke, Heinrich
#Germany
#Archaeology
#Burials
#Weaponry
#Late Antiquity

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