IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 111: The Art of Generalship: Late Antique, Byzantine, and Chinese Ideals, I - Late Antique Ideals
Monday 6 July 2015, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Cardiff Centre for Late Antique Religion & Culture, Cardiff University |
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Organiser: | Shaun Tougher, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University |
Moderator/Chair: | Shaun Tougher, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University |
Paper 111-a | The Rhetoric of Generalship in Late Antiquity (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Military History |
Paper 111-b | Ammianus's Art of Generalship: How an Emperor Should Perform in Combat (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Historiography - Medieval, Military History |
Paper 111-c | (Re)Forming Leaders in Late Roman Military Manuals and Monastic Rules: A Comparative Study (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Military History, Monasticism |
Abstract | This session is one of three on the art of generalship in Late Antique, Byzantine and Chinese culture. This session considers the rhetoric of generalship in Late Antiquity, the specific case of emperors and generals in the history of Ammianus, and compares the ideal of the general with that of the abbot. |