Alexios I Komnenos in the Balkans, 1081–1095

Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Army and Navy in Eleventh-Century Byzantium
	2.1 Byzantine Army
		2.1.1 Development of the Byzantine Army in the Eleventh Century
		2.1.2 Units and Command Structure
		2.1.3 Commanders
	2.2 Byzantine Navy
		2.2.1 Development of the Byzantine Navy in the Eleventh Century
		2.2.2 Units and Command Structure
	2.3 Battle of Manzikert and Its Military Impact
		2.3.1 Impact of Manzikert on the Byzantine Army
		2.3.2 Impact of Manzikert on the Byzantine Navy
Chapter 3: Alexios I Komnenos
	3.1 The Origin of the Komnenoi
	3.2 Military Career and Life of Alexios Komnenos Before 1081
Chapter 4: War Against the Normans (1081–1085)
	4.1 Geographical Settings
		4.1.1 Geography of the Western Balkans
		4.1.2 Road Network
	4.2 Chronological Settings
		4.2.1 Fixed Dates
		4.2.2 Contested Dates
	4.3 Course of the War
		4.3.1 Invasion and the Battle of Dyrrachion (1081)
		4.3.2 Bohemund’s Offensive (1082–1083)
		4.3.3 Guiscard’s Final Attack (1084–1085)
Chapter 5: War Against the Pechenegs (1083–1091)
	5.1 Geographical Settings
		5.1.1 Geography of the Northeastern Balkans
		5.1.2 Road Network
	5.2 Chronological Settings
		5.2.1 Fixed Dates
		5.2.2 Contested Dates
	5.3 Course of the War
		5.3.1 Pecheneg Inroads (1083–1086)
		5.3.2 Pecheneg Invasion (1087)
		5.3.3 Struggle for Survival (1087–1091)
Chapter 6: Kuman Invasion (1095)
	6.1 Chronological Settings
	6.2 Course of the Invasion
		6.2.1 Kuman Occupation of Paradounavon
		6.2.2 Hostilities in Thrace
Chapter 7: Synthesis
	7.1 Byzantine Army and Navy in 1095
		7.1.1 Development of the Byzantine Army in 1081–1095
		7.1.2 Development of the Byzantine Navy in 1081–1095
	7.2 Alexios Komnenos as a Military Commander
Chapter 8: Conclusion
Bibliography
	Primary Sources
	Secondary Literature
Index