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La cavalerie slave à l’époque de Justinien
Volume 11 (2009): The Horse and Man in European Antiquity (Worldview, Burial Rites, and Military and Everyday Life), pp. 229–239
Michel Kazanski  

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Pub. online: 30 August 2009      Type: Article      Open accessOpen Access

Received
27 January 2009
Revised
22 March 2009
Accepted
12 June 2009
Published
30 August 2009

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The article studies the tactics of Slavic mounted units in the army of Belisarius during the Gothic war in Italy. The texts of Procopius of Caesarea show that the Slavs and the Ants during the Gothic war were part of the Hunnic detachment and were mounted archers, like the Huns who conducted battle at distance, avoiding a close contact with the enemy. Beyond all doubt, the Slavs and the Ants, or rather a small part of them, learned this fighting technique from the Huns, whose neighbours they were on the Lower Danube and in the wooded steppe of the modern-day Ukraine.
L’article est consacré à l’étude de la tactique des troupes montées slaves dans l’armée de Belisaire durant la guerre gothique en Italie. Les textes de Procope de Césarée montrent que les Sclavènes et les Antes faisaient partie du corps de cavalerie hunnique et étaient des archers montés, comme les Huns. Ils combattaient à la distance sans entrer en contact direct avec l’adversaire. Sans aucun doute il s’agit d’un groupe limité qui a appris ce type des combats auprès les Huns, avec lesquels ils voisinaient dans la steppe forestière et sur le Danube inférieur au 5e-6e s.

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Slavs Huns cavalry Gothic War Slaves cavalerie archers montés guerre gothique

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