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Military History of Late Rome 425–457 Hardcover – July 22, 2020

by Dr. Ilkka Syvänne (Author)
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 37 ratings
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This book analyses in great detail how the Romans coped with the challenge posed by masses of Huns in a situation in which the Germanic tribes had gained a permanent foothold in the territories of West Rome.

The Military History of Late Rome 425-457 analyses in great detail how the Romans coped with the challenge posed by masses of Huns in a situation in which the Germanic tribes had gained a permanent foothold in the territories of West Rome. This analysis reassesses the strategy and tactics of the period. The book shows how cooperation between the West Roman Master of Soldiers, Aetius, and East Roman Emperor Marcian saved Western civilization from the barbarian nightmare posed by the Huns of Attila. A fresh appraisal of the great clash at the Catalaunian Fields in 451 offers new insights into the mechanics of the fighting and shows that it was a true battle of nations which decided nothing less than the fate of human civilization. Had Aetius and his allies lost the battle and had Marcian not cooperated with Aetius in 451 and 452, we would not have seen the rise of the West and the rise of the scientific thinking.
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    Military History of Late Rome
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    272 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Pen and Sword Military
  5. Publication date
    July 22, 2020
  6. Dimensions
    6.5 x 1 x 9.25 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    1848848536
  8. ISBN-13
    978-1848848535
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Dr. Ilkka Syvänne gained his doctorate in history in 2004 from the University of Tampere in his native Finland. Since then he has written extensively about ancient and medieval warfare and his publications include: 'The Age of Hippotoxotai, Art of War in Roman Military Revival and Disaster 491-636' (Tampere UP 2004), 'The Reign of Gallienus' (Pen & Sword, 2019), the multivolume 'Military History of Late Rome' published by Pen & Sword and the critically acclaimed Caracalla. He is the co-author with Professor Katarzyna Maksymiuk of the 'Military History of Third Century Iran' (Siedlce UP, 2018) and the 'Military History of Fifth Century Iran' (Siedlce UP, 2019). He was Vice Chairman of the Finnish Society for Byzantine Studies from 2007 until 2016. He has been an Affiliated Professor of the University of Haifa since 2016. He lives in Kangasala, Finland.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pen and Sword Military (July 22, 2020)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1848848536
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1848848535
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 1 x 9.25 inches
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Intellectual Warrior
3.0 out of 5 stars Roman Military Last Hurrah
Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2023
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The author packs too much into the book and he speculates too often. Otherwise, it is a fair portrayal of the Roman military in the fifth century and the last hurrah in the west.
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tim crook
4.0 out of 5 stars The research, effort, work and time made for a great learning experience is their.
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2020
Why are their such a numerous amount of {IMO} qualified historian's not available on Audible. Only hardcover,
paperback or kindle. Please tell me there is committed and consistent work being added in that area. That's what
sold me. AUDIBLE BOOKS. A friend told me you had the largest selection. Some books in my queue , quite a few,
still have not gone AUDIBLE. {FYI} These are not contemporary political books. thank you,
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J. Groen
1.0 out of 5 stars A Disappointment
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This book is a disappointment to me. I've read a lot of books on the Roman Empire and also a lot of books on late Rome and the barbarians. I've reviewed a lot of them also. This is the worst book that I've read on this period.

When you do a Bing search with the question: "what was the population of the Roman Empire in the 5th Century?" You get the answer 40-50 million people. This is the whole Roman Empire, both West and East. Wikipedia also includes estimates of the largest cities of the Roman Empire. Very few have populations in the 10's of thousands of people. How could barbarian armies be so numerous in this situation?

My disappointment started with the author's statement that there were 80 thousand Vandals in the army invading Northern Africa and hundreds of thousands of people. This is more people than existed in Empire in that area. Just visualize this: hundreds of thousands of Vandals roaming around the deserts of Northern Africa in 436 AD.

Then, the author goes into detail about Aetius' army in the 440 AD time period used to suppress the barbarian tribes in Gaul - 50,000 men. This author read Hughes account of Stilicho's life and how difficult it was for Stilicho to raise an army to stop Radagaisius. Stilicho could only piece together 15,000 total men to stop this and most were foederatus (German mercenaries). After he defeated Radagaisus, Stilicho put 12,000 of his fighters into his army because of its small size. How could Aetius have an army of this size 35 years later? I suggest dividing that number by at least 10 and maybe more. And the author states that the Burgundians had an army of 80,000 men and this is after the Huns destroyed them in 437 AD.

My disappointment ratcheted up with Attila's invasion of Gaul in 451 AD. According to the author, Attila's army was of 400,000 men (and it besieged Orleans with a sizeable population of 30,000 according to the author while the army of the Alans who controlled that region was many times larger than that population.) Aetius' combined army by the way, according to the author, was 388,000 men. Every author that I've read on this battle says that these numbers are "fantastical", in other words, unbelievable although the writers at the time quote this.

Most authors put the number of combatants at the Battle of Catalaunian Fields at 30-40,000 combatants for each side. By the way, my suggested source of this battle is Simon MacDowell by Osprey Publishing. He puts the number of combatants at 22-38,000 for the Roman/Visigoth army and 20-35,000 for the Hun/Ostrogoth army. He also does an excellent job of laying out the numbers by "nation". His overall coverage of the battle is excellent also.

I can't recommend this book because it is, in my opinion, inaccurate.
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