Justianian military and wars in books and podcasts 2025

 Salvete Omnes,

Mount Nebo mosaic 

The end of the year is near and there have been some books and podcasts about the military history of the emperor Justinian I. I still have an old book by Roy Boss  Justinian's War - Belisarius, Narses and the Reconquest of the West (1993) from Montvert Publishing.

Podcasts I have listened to within last month or so: 

Historians Adrian Goldsworthy and Geoffrey Greatrex talk about the Justinian I and his commander Belisarius 

and the historian Procopius (his translated books are available on Archive). 

riders without stirrups with long lances - Mount Nebo 

and here Adrian Goldsworthy is talking about the 'The Army that Retook Rome.'

* Osprey Military Publishing just released a book - Armies of Justinian the Great, AD 527-65 - by Raffale D'Amato.
I have not read yet this publication (rahter tiny 48 pages), but I have seen some plates from the book - illustrations done by Catalin Draghici and Giorgio Albertini. 

* Another publisher form UK, Helion Company, published a large (300 pages)  book, - Birth of the Byzantine Army 476-661 CE (sic!). Vol 1. Illustrations by Renato Dalmaso. 

I have not seen this book, but appears rather interesting 

Valete

Chinggis Khan - Mongol Empire History - forthcoming book from Cambridge Univ. Press

 Salvete Omnes,

Chinggis Khan as the first emperor of Yuan Dynasty 

a shot entry - of course it is the dog day for sure - :) 

a new book on the Mongols and their meteoric rise to power and empire is coming this year - be it August or perhaps later . The publisher is the Cambridge University Press - The Mongol Empire, Two Volume Set. - Hiram & Kim editors et al. 

Chinggis Khan on horseback according to a Yuan Dynasty artist

Yuan Dynasty in China

Kublai Khan on a hunting expedition, by Chinese court artist Liu Guandao, c. 1280

Temur Khan hunting geese - detail 

the empire was won on and from horseback - and many of these mounts might have succumbed to the hardships of  campaigning 

while other mounts thrived on 

horse archery, martial and hunting skills were the most desired attributes for a Mongol horseman

 

detail from a Yuan Dynasty painting 

a detail from Yuan Dynasty scroll - lots of jingles on this horse harness 

Looking forward to see this publication 

pure beauty of this painting from 1271-1368 period

valete

Mustang is an American icon

Salve,
 I had seen this book - Wild Horse Consipracy by Craig C. Downer  and I had this thought to myself that I need to share it with you  his idea - that the wild horses and burros ''represent a giant missing piece in the ecological puzzle of America'' and the time has come to save them, or rather enforce the existing law - Wild Horse and Burro Act.
Here is the video - Save the wild horses!
The video about his book is on youtube.  Craig wrote another book wild horses: Living symbols of freedom.
Interview with Mr Craig.
Natural Horse Magazine article on wild horses
A letter Mr Craig wrote to BLM Carson City District Office

FOREVER WILD AND FREE speach

Well, I love the America's little mustang  and believe that we, horse people, have a duty to defend them from the tyranny as the Constitution enshrines our right to do so - with the First Amendment  no less - ''Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.''
Howgh, kolas!