Denis F Sullivan
Biographic Data
| ID | 5367334 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Denis F Sullivan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Denis F |
| FAMILY NAME | Sullivan |
| SIGNATURE | SULLIVAN D F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maryland, College Park |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
András Németh. The Excerpta Constantiniana and the Byzantine Appropriation of the Past
In The Excerpta Constantiniana and the Byzantine Appropriation of the Past András Németh examines a product of mid-tenth-century Constantinople, initiated by the emperor Constantine VII and, in Németh’s view, carried on after the emperor’s death in 959 by his brother-in-law Basil Lecapenus. It is a collection of generally verbatim quotations from at least twenty-six classical and Byzantine historiographers from the fifth century b.c.e. to the nin…
Sieges and siegecraft, Byzantine
Methods of conducting sieges did not change radically from the demise of the Roman Empire to Byzantium. Sapping the walls, use of rams, siege towers, and ladders continued, although torsion artillery was replaced by the traction trebuchet. Evidence for sieges is found primarily from historians, although military manuals and archaeology add additional information.
Sieges and Siegecraft, B yzantine
A distinction between early “Byzantine” and late Roman siegecraft is artificial. Most methods remained similar, the major innovation being the introduction of the traction trebuchet (and perhaps the eventual demise of torsion artillery); there may have been an increasing emphasis on use of deception and treachery as opposed to full‐scale blockades and assaults. Military manuals provide theoretical sets of recommendations, and historians and other…
Warfare, B yzantine
Through most of its existence Byzantium faced enemies with greater resources.
Booty, Byzantine
The emperor Leo VI (886‐912 CE ) in his Taktika (16.5) compares the award of spoils to soldiers to the use by hunters of the blood and intestines of prey to spur on their dogs.
Ships, shipping, Byzantine
The first distinctively Byzantine war galley was the dromon (“runner”), a product of slow evolution from the late Roman liburna . New design features included full decks to protect the rowers, replacement of rams with above‐water projecting beams (“spurs”) used to destroy enemy oars, and the lateen sail.
Navies, Byzantine
Fleets played a not insignificant role in the early East Roman Empire.
Abyzantine Instructional Manual on Siege Defense
Siegecraft
Géométries du fisc Byzantin. J. Lefort
Vagueness and the verifiability of ordinary faith
The analysis of religious assertions in terms of a language game or in terms of eschotological verification are the two most notable defences today of the factual significance of religious language. But both of these approaches, I believe, are to be found wanting, not only on philosophical grounds, but especially on the grounds of faith. Neither of these approaches reflects ordinary faith, the faith of ordinary believers. And it is in terms of su…
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Vagueness and the verifiability of ordinary faith
The analysis of religious assertions in terms of a language game or in terms of eschotological verification are the two most notable defences today of the factual significance of religious language. But both of these approaches, I believe, are to be found wanting, not only on philosophical grounds, but especially on the grounds of faith. Neither of these approaches reflects ordinary faith, the faith of ordinary believers. And it is in terms of su…
Géométries du fisc Byzantin. J. Lefort
Siegecraft
Abyzantine Instructional Manual on Siege Defense
Warfare, B yzantine
Through most of its existence Byzantium faced enemies with greater resources.
Booty, Byzantine
The emperor Leo VI (886‐912 CE ) in his Taktika (16.5) compares the award of spoils to soldiers to the use by hunters of the blood and intestines of prey to spur on their dogs.
Ships, shipping, Byzantine
The first distinctively Byzantine war galley was the dromon (“runner”), a product of slow evolution from the late Roman liburna . New design features included full decks to protect the rowers, replacement of rams with above‐water projecting beams (“spurs”) used to destroy enemy oars, and the lateen sail.
Navies, Byzantine
Fleets played a not insignificant role in the early East Roman Empire.
Sieges and Siegecraft, B yzantine
A distinction between early “Byzantine” and late Roman siegecraft is artificial. Most methods remained similar, the major innovation being the introduction of the traction trebuchet (and perhaps the eventual demise of torsion artillery); there may have been an increasing emphasis on use of deception and treachery as opposed to full‐scale blockades and assaults. Military manuals provide theoretical sets of recommendations, and historians and other…
Sieges and siegecraft, Byzantine
Methods of conducting sieges did not change radically from the demise of the Roman Empire to Byzantium. Sapping the walls, use of rams, siege towers, and ladders continued, although torsion artillery was replaced by the traction trebuchet. Evidence for sieges is found primarily from historians, although military manuals and archaeology add additional information.
András Németh. The Excerpta Constantiniana and the Byzantine Appropriation of the Past
In The Excerpta Constantiniana and the Byzantine Appropriation of the Past András Németh examines a product of mid-tenth-century Constantinople, initiated by the emperor Constantine VII and, in Németh’s view, carried on after the emperor’s death in 959 by his brother-in-law Basil Lecapenus. It is a collection of generally verbatim quotations from at least twenty-six classical and Byzantine historiographers from the fifth century b.c.e. to the nin…
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