Some Thoughts on the Military Capabilities of Alexios I Komnenos : Battles of Dyrrachion (1081) and Dristra (1087)

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/GLB2019-2-10" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/GLB2019-2-10</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/GLB2019-2-10" target="_blank" >10.5817/GLB2019-2-10</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Some Thoughts on the Military Capabilities of Alexios I Komnenos : Battles of Dyrrachion (1081) and Dristra (1087)

Original language description

Alexios I Komnenos belongs to the most important emperors of the Byzantine history. Yet, in many respects, this period still remains an underdeveloped field of study. This paper attempts to review one of the aspects of his reign, namely his capabilities as a military commander since he owed much of his success in restoring the fortunes of Byzantium to his strong military background. In order to succeed in the final evaluation, most of the relevant military events during Alexios Komnenos’ life and career in which he took personal part will be briefly reviewed and taken into consideration. Particular cases where Alexios Komnenos was allegedly responsible for a serious military defeat will be discussed in more detail (e.g. battle of Dyrrachion in 1081 and battle of Dristra in 1087) in order to assess whether it was solely Alexios Komnenos’ responsibility, or whether the causes of defeat were not result of his faulty decision-making as a military commander.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Graeco-Latina Brunensia

ISSN

1803-7402

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

24

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

19

Pages from-to

143-161

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85078499678