Original scientific paper

The Croatian Army in the Early Middle Ages (Facts and Myths)

Ante Nazor

Abstract

Before a final historiographical acceptance, the accurateness of numbers quoted from antique and mediaeval sources needs to be examined. Past examples, in which the numbers mentioned were critically approached, corroborate that. This thesis tries to establish if the data of Constantine Porphyrogenet, the emperor of Bysantium, on the number of the Croatian soldiers is accurate or exaggerated. After examining the results of estimates of the demographic circumstances for Croatia in the Early Middle Ages (average population density, possible size of the population) and the value of military equipment in that period, the author was under the impression Porphyrogenet's data were exaggerated.

Keywords

the Early Middle Ages; Croatian army; Frankish army; Bysantian army; demo­graphic circumstances; estimate

Hrčak ID:

202695

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/202695

Publication date:

20.12.2000.

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