Eastern Roman Army: Tactics, Structure, Weapons, Recruitment, Navy, Soldiers

Stop data brokers from exposing your personal information. Go to my sponsor https://aura.com/kings to get a 14-day free trial and see how much of yours is being sold! Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on Medieval history, Roman history and the evolution of Armies and Tactics continues with a video in which we discuss the Eastern Roman Army from the very beginnings during the reign of Justinian all the way to the fall of the empire in 1453 at the hand of the Ottoman Empire with the siege of Constantinople. We will talk about the tactics, structure, weapons, armor, recruitment, navy, soldiers, mercenaries, manuals, geostrategy, fortifications, spies, diplomacy, Greek Fire, how Georgian, Armenian, Turkic, Serbian, Bulgarian, Catalan and other troops were integrated into the army. 🎥 Join our YouTube members and patrons to unlock exclusive content! Our community is currently enjoying deep dives into the First Punic War, Pacific War, history of Prussia, Italian Unification Wars, Russo-Japanese War, Albigensian Crusade, and Xenophon’s Anabasis. Become a part of this exclusive circle: youtube.com/channel/UCMmaBzfCCwZ2KqaBJjkj0fw/join or patron: https://www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals and Paypal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/kingsandgenerals as well! Other Long Videos: Alexander and conquest of Persia: https://youtu.be/ApZf0BaaTmo Alexander: Indian Campaign, Reforms, Plans, Death: https://youtu.be/XXK-vN1J61w Peloponnesian War: https://youtu.be/Jr8EGJwDCk8 Hundred Years' War: https://youtu.be/pvoejM-cls0 English Civil War: https://youtu.be/B3s-UiERX_U First Crusade: https://youtu.be/kxfP_BSnmyw Anglo-Spanish War of 1585-1604: https://youtu.be/tCDTFZdpXak Full history of the Ancient Celts: https://youtu.be/uOaStDDogDY How Rome Conquered Greece: https://youtu.be/v5q1rerf-qw War of the Roses: https://youtu.be/Do7XBxUVJsE Medieval Wales: https://youtu.be/djqj8o8WDL4 The video was made by Arb Paninken http://bit.ly/2Ow3oC8, while the script was developed by Dimitris Koutsoumis and Matt Hollis. This video was narrated by Officially Devin (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU0-VII-V376zFxiRGMeZGg & https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC79s7EdN9uXX77-Ly2HmEjQ) ✔ Merch store ► https://teespring.com/stores/kingsandgenerals ✔ Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/KingsandGenerals ✔ Podcast ► https://kingsandgenerals.libsyn.com/ iTunes: https://apple.co/2QTuMNG ✔ PayPal ► http://paypal.me/kingsandgenerals ✔ Twitter ► https://twitter.com/KingsGenerals ✔ Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/KingsGenerals ✔ Instagram ►http://www.instagram.com/Kings_Generals Production Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound: http://www.epidemicsound.com 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:20 Early Origins of the Byzantine Army 00:17:14 Byzantine Military Manuals - Strategikon 00:33:36 Structure of the Byzantine Army, Themata and Tagmata 00:52:48 How the Eastern Roman Army Declined 01:07:07 Byzantine Navy 01:09:03 Dromon 01:10:58 Greek Fire 01:14:43 Naval Tactics 01:16:54 Naval Organization 01:18:38 Decline of the Byzantine Navy 01:20:58 Georgian and Armenian troops 01:22:30 Catalan Company 01:29:11 Serb and Bulgarian troops  01:30:53 Turkic troops 01:35:37 Geopolitical Situation 01:44:44 Spies and Diplomats  01:51:26 Early Fortifications and the Theodosian Walls 01:54:18 Structure of the Theodosian Walls 02:00:35 Walls of Blachernae and Sea Walls #Documentary #ByzantineArmy #Romans