Hi, Ian Heath's "Armies of the Middle ages" Vol 2 has several line drawings of late Byzantines. Concord Publications "The Easter Romans 330-1461AD" has several plates of late 14th/15th century Byzantines.
I don't know if these are still easily available.
Was there even much of a Byzantium army by circa 1453? The defenders of Constantinople where mostly armed citizens and Italian mercenaries weren't they? I'd hazard a guess that the reason it's hard to find much info is that Byzantium was pretty much military defunct by the mid 15th century.
Well, no quite. 5000 out of the 7000 defenders were Byzantine soldiers. The citizens certainly did take part in the defence of the walls because there weren't enough professional soldiers to defend; the inner Theodosian Wall was 5.7 kilometers. That's not to even take into account the two outer walls.
Well, no quite. 5000 out of the 7000 defenders were Byzantine soldiers. The citizens certainly did take part in the defence of the walls because there weren't enough professional soldiers to defend; the inner Theodosian Wall was 5.7 kilometers. That's not to even take into account the two outer walls.
I assume you have the Osprey on late Byzantine armies. It covers everything from the around the 4th crusade until the end last two plates are 15th century soldiers. I mean it's osprey level of detail but some useful stuff anyway.
Darrell.
I've been trying to pull something together for this army for years a few pics of my take on it below.
The figures are conversions and some figures commissioned via Ebob some years ago.
Very elusive period.
There are some absolutely superb conversions in there! :-* :-* :-*
Highly agree!
Gotta say, this thread has definitely given me the bug for wanting to convert up some Byzantines of my own lol !
Darrell.
I've been trying to pull something together for this army for years a few pics of my take on it below.
The figures are conversions and some figures commissioned via Ebob some years ago.
Very elusive period.
Yeah, and few few other 'artwork' type books such as The Eastern Romans, 330-1461 but I'm dubious about the authenticity of some of the plates- thing is, I don't really know how accurate they are at this moment in time. :)
recent research...Punic pikemen anyone?
now you got me the bug to sculpt some late Romans lol
Do it! In 28mm per chance?
Eugenia Russel, Historical introduction – the destruction of the OikoumeniThe figures in D'Amato's article are derived from his book, The Eastern Romans 330-1461 AD, and while I think he think he tends to prefer the gaudy, I doubt they're inaccurate. The plates might look like they're derived from Ian Heath's Osprey, but more than likely both used the same sources.
Kenneth Cline, Constantine XI – no room to maneuver
Murat Özveri, Mehmed ‘the Conqueror’ – A sultan of paradoxes
Nicola Bergamo, Venice, Genoa and Byzantium – difficult ‘trio'
Konstantin Nossov, The walls of Constantinople
Stephen Bennett & Nils Visser, The Conquest of Constantinople
Murray Dahm, Fallout – Contemporary reactions to the loss of Constantinople
Lukasz Rozycki, The fall of the Old World through the eyes of the “Polish janissary”
Raffaele D’Amato, The last defenders – the Roman army
Vassilis Pergalias, The final opponents – the Ottoman army
Ben Sheppard, Aftermath
Do you have Medieval Warfare Special: The Conquest of Constantinople?
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