''Sylloge Tacticorum'' is thought to have been written in the middle of the tenth century, and is a work on the making of order and organization of military forces (i.e.
tactics
Tactic(s) or Tactical may refer to:
* Tactic (method), a conceptual action implemented as one or more specific tasks
** Military tactics, the disposition and maneuver of units on a particular sea or battlefield
** Chess tactics
** Political tact ...
), and ways to outwit and overcome opponents in the field of battle (i.e. through the use of
stratagems).
It contained a description of tactics which would later serve as an influence on the tactical system described in ''
Praecepta Militaria'' by
Nikephoros II Phokas
Nikephoros II Phokas (; – 11 December 969), Latinized Nicephorus II Phocas, was Byzantine emperor from 963 to 969. His career, not uniformly successful in matters of statecraft or of war, nonetheless included brilliant military exploits whi ...
.
The word ''sylloge'' means, in
greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
, a gathering of information on something.
Details
Heavy infantry men should have quadrilateral shields narrowing towards the bottom, prescribing the ''
kataphraktoi'' shield.
Provides additionally instruction on religious rituals done prior to battle, and prayers to be recited upon victory.
[M White (Lecturer in Slavonic Studies at the University of Nottingham) ]
Military Saints in Byzantium and Rus, 900-1200 (p.57)
Cambridge University Press, 21 Feb 2013 etrieved 2015-04-02/ref>
See also
Intelligence assessment
Intelligence assessment, or simply intel, is the development of behavior forecasts or recommended courses of action to the leadership of an organisation, based on wide ranges of available overt and covert information (intelligence). Assessments d ...
Further reading
''A Tenth-Century Byzantine Military Manual: The Sylloge Tacticorum'', trans. Georgios Chatzelis and Jonathan Harris, Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Studies (London and New York: Routledge, 2017). 978-1-4724-7028-7.
Georgios Chatzelis, ''Byzantine Military Manuals as Literary Works and Practical Handbooks: The Case of the Tenth-Century Sylloge Tacticorum'' (London and New York: Routledge, 2019). 978-1-138-59601-6.
References
Byzantine military manuals
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