Philip Rance
Biographic Data
| ID | 2555952 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Philip Rance |
| GIVEN NAMES | Philip |
| FAMILY NAME | Rance |
| SIGNATURE | RANCE P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Freie Universität Berlin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6701-6678 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 24 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1920 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Last Byzantine Military Manuscript
Περίληψη: Το χειρόγραφο Ιstanbul TMSK G.İ. 36 (παλαιότερα γνωστό ως codex Constantinopolitanus / Seragliensis graecus 36) αποτελεί σημαντικό και σε αρκετά χωρία μοναδικό μάρτυρα του κειμένου των Τακτικά του Νικηφόρου Ουρανού, μιας ιδιαιτέρως εκτεταμένης πολεμικής πραγματείας που συντάχθηκε περί το 1000 και παραμένει σε μεγάλο βαθμό ανέκδοτη. Ο κώδικας TSMK G.İ. 36, έργο των αρχών της δεκαετίας του 1430, αποτελεί το τελευταίο παράδειγμα βυζαντινού…
Clemens Koehn
Archimedes at Syracuse
Cassius Dio's fragmentary Roman History 15 contains an account of Archimedes’ role in defending Syracuse during the Roman siege of 213–212 b.c. , incorporating a legendary tale about a solar reflector Archimedes constructed to burn Roman warships, and including details of his death when the city fell. The textual basis of this famous episode depends on two derivative twelfth-century works: Zonaras’ Epitome of Histories (9.4–5) and Tzetzes’ Chilia…
A late Byzantine book inventory in Sofia, Dujčev gr. 253 (olim Kosinitsa 265) – a monastic or private library
This study concerns an inventory of books, dated 1428/29, inscribed in Sofia, Dujčev gr. 253 (olim Kosinitsa 265), fol. 290r. Although the text was obscurely published in 1886, the vicissitudes of this codex over the following century impeded further research and the inventory continues to be overlooked in studies of Byzantine libraries, books and reading. A new edition, furnishing corrections and filling lacunae, together with a first translatio…
Simplicitas militaris
Army, Byzantium
A survey of the army of the East Roman or Byzantine Empire, tracing the evolution of its principal structures, deployment, and personnel from the fourth to tenth centuries.
Philo of Byzantium
Philo of Byzantium (ca. 200 bce ), or Philo Mechanicus, was the author of a multivolume technological compendium on civil and military engineering.
Elephants
This article summarizes the role of the elephant in the Greco‐Roman world and neighboring cultures, from the early Hellenistic period to Late Antiquity, including zoological knowledge, the deployment of elephants in warfare and their significance in display, royal symbolism and diplomacy.
A Roman-Lazi War in the Suda
Suda τ 134: Ταρσοὶ καλάμων. οἱ δὲ Λαζοὶ βόθρους ὀρύξαντες καὶ δόρατα τοῖς βόθροις ἐγκαταπήξαντες ταρσοῖς καλάμων καὶ ὕλῃ μὴ βεβαίαν ἐχούσῃ βάσιν, ἀλλὰ πρὸς τὸ ἐπιφερόμενον ἄχθος ὀλισθαινούσῃ, τὰ στόματα τῶν ὀρυγμάτων ἐκάλυψαν· καὶ χοῦν ἐπιβαλόντες τά τε παρ’ ἑκάτερα χωρία γεωργήσαντες καὶ πυροὺς σπείραντες ἐτροπώσαντο τοὺς Ῥωμαίους. Ταρσοὶ καλάμων παρ’ Ἡροδότῳ ἡ τρασιά (πρασιά mss ), οὗ ἐξήραινον τὴν πλίνθον. Frames of reeds. ‘The Lazi, having du…
Athenaeus Mechanicus
Athenaeus, conventionally styled “Mechanicus” in modern literature, was the author of a short treatise on siege‐engines, entitled On Machines (Peri mechanematon) and addressed to a “most august Marcellus.” The date, authorship, and context of this work were long disputed, but scholarly consensus since the nineteenth century holds that the dedicatee was most probably M. Claudius Marcellus (42–23 BCE ), nephew and son‐in‐law of Augustus.
Chosroes I
Chosroes I (ca. 496–579 CE ), called “Anūshirwān” (“of immortal soul”), was the most renowned of the late Sasanian rulers.
P hilo of B yzantium
Philo of Byzantium (ca. 200 BCE ), or Philo Mechanicus, was a Greek writer on mechanics, and civil and military engineering.
Elephants
Classical antiquity knew two species of elephant: the Asian elephant ( Elephas maximus ) and the smaller African Forest elephant ( Loxodonta cyclotis ) – a separate species deriving from the African Bush elephant ( Loxodonta africana ).
Avars
The Avars were a nomadic tribal confederation that arrived north of the Caucasus in the late 550s CE and rapidly established a powerful hegemony centered on the Carpathian basin (ca. 567‐ca. 805).
Kavad, of Persia
Kavad I (ca. 449–531 CE ) became Sasanian shah during a period of acute military and dynastic weakness.
Apollodoros of Damascus
Apollodoros of Damascus was a renowned engineer and architect active under Trajan (98–17) and Hadrian (11–78), and an author of treatises on siegecraft and military engineering.
Simokattes, Theophylaktos
Theophylaktos Simokattes (ca. 580–ca. 640 CE ) was the last major classicizing Greek historian of antiquity.
Army, Byzantium
The army was the largest employer and most expensive element in state expenditure in the East Roman or Byzantine Empire.
Chosroes II
Chosroes II (590–628 CE ), called “Parvīz” (“the Victorious”), was the last Sasanian shah to exercise effective power; his reign is characterized by bewildering reversals of fortune.
Epiphanius of Salamis and the Scotti
A survey of the written evidence for attacks by Scotti on fourth-century Roman Britain provides a historical context for the introduction of two hitherto overlooked references to Scotti in the works of Epiphanius, Bishop of Salamis on Cyprus ( c. a.d . 315–403). Examination of Epiphanius' Ancoratus and Panarion confirms that he inserted the ethnonym Σκόττοι into patristic source-material in the early 370s. These passages claim attention as unique…
Drungus, drouggos, and drouggisti
Elephants in Warfare in Late Antiquity
The presence of war elephants in the Near East between the late third and early seventh centuries, and especially in Romano-Sasanian conflicts, is frequently reported in a wide variety of contemporary sources. The purpose of this paper is to examine the evidence for the military use of elephants over this period. This study gives particular attention to the literary concerns of individual authors, whether writing in Latin, Greek, Armenian, or Ara…
Attacotti, Deisi and Magnus Maximus
Scholars of late Roman Britain will be familiar with the name of the Attacotti, who appear in several fourth- and fifth-century Roman texts. Ammianus refers to this mysterious people attacking the British diocese in the second half of the fourth century. In the same period the promiscuous marriage customs and, more so, the ferocious cannibalism of this ‘British race’ shocked a young St Jerome. It is somewhat surprising therefore that the Notitia …
Battle
This chapter assesses the factors which distinguished Roman armies from their various opponents: the tactical roles of the different troops deployed; their training, discipline and morale; and whether their attitudes to and preparation for combat were equal to the operational tasks they faced. Like their predecessors, later Roman emperors and officers embarking on military operations had at their disposal a number of military treatises or tactica…
Elephants in Warfare in Late Antiquity
The presence of war elephants in the Near East between the late third and early seventh centuries, and especially in Romano-Sasanian conflicts, is frequently reported in a wide variety of contemporary sources. The purpose of this paper is to examine the evidence for the military use of elephants over this period. This study gives particular attention to the literary concerns of individual authors, whether writing in Latin, Greek, Armenian, or Ara…
Drungus, drouggos, and drouggisti
Attacotti, Deisi and Magnus Maximus
Scholars of late Roman Britain will be familiar with the name of the Attacotti, who appear in several fourth- and fifth-century Roman texts. Ammianus refers to this mysterious people attacking the British diocese in the second half of the fourth century. In the same period the promiscuous marriage customs and, more so, the ferocious cannibalism of this ‘British race’ shocked a young St Jerome. It is somewhat surprising therefore that the Notitia …
Battle
This chapter assesses the factors which distinguished Roman armies from their various opponents: the tactical roles of the different troops deployed; their training, discipline and morale; and whether their attitudes to and preparation for combat were equal to the operational tasks they faced. Like their predecessors, later Roman emperors and officers embarking on military operations had at their disposal a number of military treatises or tactica…
Attacotti, Deisi and Magnus Maximus
Scholars of late Roman Britain will be familiar with the name of the Attacotti, who appear in several fourth- and fifth-century Roman texts. Ammianus refers to this mysterious people attacking the British diocese in the second half of the fourth century. In the same period the promiscuous marriage customs and, more so, the ferocious cannibalism of this ‘British race’ shocked a young St Jerome. It is somewhat surprising therefore that the Notitia …
Elephants in Warfare in Late Antiquity
The presence of war elephants in the Near East between the late third and early seventh centuries, and especially in Romano-Sasanian conflicts, is frequently reported in a wide variety of contemporary sources. The purpose of this paper is to examine the evidence for the military use of elephants over this period. This study gives particular attention to the literary concerns of individual authors, whether writing in Latin, Greek, Armenian, or Ara…
Drungus, drouggos, and drouggisti
Chosroes I
Chosroes I (ca. 496–579 CE ), called “Anūshirwān” (“of immortal soul”), was the most renowned of the late Sasanian rulers.
P hilo of B yzantium
Philo of Byzantium (ca. 200 BCE ), or Philo Mechanicus, was a Greek writer on mechanics, and civil and military engineering.
Elephants
Classical antiquity knew two species of elephant: the Asian elephant ( Elephas maximus ) and the smaller African Forest elephant ( Loxodonta cyclotis ) – a separate species deriving from the African Bush elephant ( Loxodonta africana ).
Avars
The Avars were a nomadic tribal confederation that arrived north of the Caucasus in the late 550s CE and rapidly established a powerful hegemony centered on the Carpathian basin (ca. 567‐ca. 805).
Kavad, of Persia
Kavad I (ca. 449–531 CE ) became Sasanian shah during a period of acute military and dynastic weakness.
Apollodoros of Damascus
Apollodoros of Damascus was a renowned engineer and architect active under Trajan (98–17) and Hadrian (11–78), and an author of treatises on siegecraft and military engineering.
Simokattes, Theophylaktos
Theophylaktos Simokattes (ca. 580–ca. 640 CE ) was the last major classicizing Greek historian of antiquity.
Army, Byzantium
The army was the largest employer and most expensive element in state expenditure in the East Roman or Byzantine Empire.
Chosroes II
Chosroes II (590–628 CE ), called “Parvīz” (“the Victorious”), was the last Sasanian shah to exercise effective power; his reign is characterized by bewildering reversals of fortune.
Epiphanius of Salamis and the Scotti
A survey of the written evidence for attacks by Scotti on fourth-century Roman Britain provides a historical context for the introduction of two hitherto overlooked references to Scotti in the works of Epiphanius, Bishop of Salamis on Cyprus ( c. a.d . 315–403). Examination of Epiphanius' Ancoratus and Panarion confirms that he inserted the ethnonym Σκόττοι into patristic source-material in the early 370s. These passages claim attention as unique…
Athenaeus Mechanicus
Athenaeus, conventionally styled “Mechanicus” in modern literature, was the author of a short treatise on siege‐engines, entitled On Machines (Peri mechanematon) and addressed to a “most august Marcellus.” The date, authorship, and context of this work were long disputed, but scholarly consensus since the nineteenth century holds that the dedicatee was most probably M. Claudius Marcellus (42–23 BCE ), nephew and son‐in‐law of Augustus.
A Roman-Lazi War in the Suda
Suda τ 134: Ταρσοὶ καλάμων. οἱ δὲ Λαζοὶ βόθρους ὀρύξαντες καὶ δόρατα τοῖς βόθροις ἐγκαταπήξαντες ταρσοῖς καλάμων καὶ ὕλῃ μὴ βεβαίαν ἐχούσῃ βάσιν, ἀλλὰ πρὸς τὸ ἐπιφερόμενον ἄχθος ὀλισθαινούσῃ, τὰ στόματα τῶν ὀρυγμάτων ἐκάλυψαν· καὶ χοῦν ἐπιβαλόντες τά τε παρ’ ἑκάτερα χωρία γεωργήσαντες καὶ πυροὺς σπείραντες ἐτροπώσαντο τοὺς Ῥωμαίους. Ταρσοὶ καλάμων παρ’ Ἡροδότῳ ἡ τρασιά (πρασιά mss ), οὗ ἐξήραινον τὴν πλίνθον. Frames of reeds. ‘The Lazi, having du…
Philo of Byzantium
Philo of Byzantium (ca. 200 bce ), or Philo Mechanicus, was the author of a multivolume technological compendium on civil and military engineering.
Elephants
This article summarizes the role of the elephant in the Greco‐Roman world and neighboring cultures, from the early Hellenistic period to Late Antiquity, including zoological knowledge, the deployment of elephants in warfare and their significance in display, royal symbolism and diplomacy.
Army, Byzantium
A survey of the army of the East Roman or Byzantine Empire, tracing the evolution of its principal structures, deployment, and personnel from the fourth to tenth centuries.
A late Byzantine book inventory in Sofia, Dujčev gr. 253 (olim Kosinitsa 265) – a monastic or private library
This study concerns an inventory of books, dated 1428/29, inscribed in Sofia, Dujčev gr. 253 (olim Kosinitsa 265), fol. 290r. Although the text was obscurely published in 1886, the vicissitudes of this codex over the following century impeded further research and the inventory continues to be overlooked in studies of Byzantine libraries, books and reading. A new edition, furnishing corrections and filling lacunae, together with a first translatio…
Simplicitas militaris
Archimedes at Syracuse
Cassius Dio's fragmentary Roman History 15 contains an account of Archimedes’ role in defending Syracuse during the Roman siege of 213–212 b.c. , incorporating a legendary tale about a solar reflector Archimedes constructed to burn Roman warships, and including details of his death when the city fell. The textual basis of this famous episode depends on two derivative twelfth-century works: Zonaras’ Epitome of Histories (9.4–5) and Tzetzes’ Chilia…
The Last Byzantine Military Manuscript
Περίληψη: Το χειρόγραφο Ιstanbul TMSK G.İ. 36 (παλαιότερα γνωστό ως codex Constantinopolitanus / Seragliensis graecus 36) αποτελεί σημαντικό και σε αρκετά χωρία μοναδικό μάρτυρα του κειμένου των Τακτικά του Νικηφόρου Ουρανού, μιας ιδιαιτέρως εκτεταμένης πολεμικής πραγματείας που συντάχθηκε περί το 1000 και παραμένει σε μεγάλο βαθμό ανέκδοτη. Ο κώδικας TSMK G.İ. 36, έργο των αρχών της δεκαετίας του 1430, αποτελεί το τελευταίο παράδειγμα βυζαντινού…
Clemens Koehn
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