The Three Byzantine Military Treatises
Date Description Source Reference
6th - 10th century.  Three Byzantine Military Treatises. 

(1) The Anonymous Byzantine Treatise on Strategy. 

Section 27. Setting up Camp, p. 85, sleeping arrangements and storage of equipment (spears, armour). 

Section 28. Planning the Encampment: Where to Station the Infantry and the Cavalry, p. 87, deployment of troops and tents, pitching tents, food then to digging the enclosing trenches. 

Section 29 Fortifying and Protecting the Camp, p. 89, provision of defences and locations of tents. 

(3) Campaign Organization and Tactics, 
Section 1. Setting up camp. p. 247. 
p. 257 - 260, plans of camps 5 - 8.

 Dennis, G.T., Trans., Three Byzantine Military Treatises, Washington D.C., 1985, p. 85, 87, 89, 247, 257 - 260.

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