Ostrogothic Military

[davidb]

Found this on academia.edu - Guy Halsall on the Ostrogothic Military.

https://www.academia.edu/6624042/The_Ostrogothic_Military

Looks to be fairly recent.

David

[davidb]

Doing a little searching the chapter is from the following book, published by Brill this year.

http://www.brill.com/products/book/companion-ostrogothic-italy

David

[Duncan Head]

At the usual sort of Brill price.

But you've found us the most interesting chapter, so thanks!

[aligern]

I don't think it is published yet. leastways Amazon have not tapped me for my pre order!

Should be interesting. There is not a vast amount new to say about the Ostrogothic military, its more a matter of what weighting you put on what evidence. One could make a case for cataphract cavalry with contos and combined archer/ spear units ( or even some warband equivalent) or go for javelin spear unarmoured cavalry with foot as mainly archers and support both cases or a mixture.
We await