Battles and Generals: Combat, Culture, and Didacticism in Procopius' Wars

by Conor Whately

In Battles and Generals: Combat, Culture, and Didacticism in Procopius' Wars, Whately reads Procopius' descriptions of combat through the lens of didacticism, arguing that one of Procopius' intentions was to construct those accounts not only so that they might be entertaining to his audience, but also so that they might provide real value to his readership, which was comprised, in part, of the empire's military command. In the course of this...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004310363
• ISBN13: 9789004310360
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.4"