The Swords in Byzantium (Studia Militaria Balcanica II—1)
Мечовете във Византия (Studia Militaria Balcanica II—1)
Categories: Byzantine Studies; Weapons and Warfare
Language: Bulgarian

   This book is part one of the second volume from the series Studia Militaria Balcanica. It includes comprehensive texts translated into Bulgarian on the theme Swords in Byzantium from the 6th century AD to 11th century. The book contains the following topics: history of research on the swords in Byzantium and study of the written sources on Byznatine swords written by Prof. Taxiarchis Kollias (University of Athens, Greece). There are presented some new types of swords discovered lately in the Byzantine Empire and its neighboring territories. They are defined and discussed by Prof.Valeri Yotov (Varna Museum of Archaeology, Bulgaria) and Prof. Christoph Eger (LVR-Römermuseum, Xanten, Germany). 

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