<i>Simulacra Pugnae</i>: The Literary and Historical Tradition of Mock Battles in the Roman and Early Byzantine Army

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  • Philip Rance

Abstract

The mock battles by which Heraclius trained the army before the Persian wars of the 620’s A.D., called an innovation by George of Pisidia, can be shown to have a long history of precedents both in practice and in military theory.

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2000-09-08

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