Epitoma Rei Militaris
Title | Epitoma Rei Militaris PDF eBook |
Author | Flavius Vegetius Renatus |
Publisher | Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers |
Pages | 376 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
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Flavius Vegetius Renatus, the 4th century AD writer on military matters, was more well known during the Middle Ages than today. His Epitoma Rei Militaris was a kind of Vademecum for many kings and generals. Writers on military training and tactics used Vegetius as a source for their own treatises on these subjects. The Epitoma is found in over 300 manuscripts in Latin, in other European languages and in English. Printed editions are more scarce, especially in English. Lt. John Clarke prepared an English translation in 1767 directed mainly to military personnel. This has been printed in part in this century. Carolus Lang prepared a critical text of the Latin in 1885. Stelten's book is an updated Latin text and a complete English translation.
Epitoma Rei Militaris of Flavius Vegetius Renatus
Title | Epitoma Rei Militaris of Flavius Vegetius Renatus PDF eBook |
Author | Flavius Vegetius Renatus |
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Pages | 165 |
Release | 1970 |
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Epitome of Military Science
Title | Epitome of Military Science PDF eBook |
Author | Flavius Vegetius Renatus |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1996 |
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ISBN | 9780853239109 |
Epitoma rei militaris
Title | Epitoma rei militaris PDF eBook |
Author | Flavius Vegetius Renatus |
Publisher | |
Pages | 89 |
Release | 1475 |
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Epitoma Rei Militaris of Flavius Vegetius Renatus
Title | Epitoma Rei Militaris of Flavius Vegetius Renatus PDF eBook |
Author | Leo Frederik Stelten |
Publisher | |
Pages | 166 |
Release | 1991 |
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De RE MILITARI by VEGETIUS
Title | De RE MILITARI by VEGETIUS PDF eBook |
Author | Flavius Vegetius |
Publisher | |
Pages | 124 |
Release | 2019-02-18 |
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ISBN | 9781697849073 |
De Re Militari by Vegetius is the famous strategy book written in times of the Roman Empire. It explains how they organized their armies, battles, sieges, and war strategies. This is the complete official edition and it contains the 4th part (how to perform sieges, city defenses, and naval warfare) which is not included in commonly available basic editions. De Re Militari is essential to understand European strategy and war due to the fact that, besides describing the military might of Rome in practical terms, it was also used by generals and rulers in the next centuries and the Middle Ages to organize European armies, conduct sieges, reinforce castles, train soldiers, and conquer enemy nations. So much so that generals would be judged and measured in warfare skills by their knowledge and understanding of Vegetius.
Vegetius in Context
Title | Vegetius in Context PDF eBook |
Author | Michael B. Charles |
Publisher | Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | History |
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The date of Vegetius' Epitoma Rei Militaris, addressed to an unnamed emperor, has been the subject of vigorous debate. Although this military text is most often assigned to Theodosius the Great, this volume questions the likelihood of this belief and concludes that a fifth-century date might be preferable. Vegetius in Context examines the polemical nature of the Epitoma, the role of the emperor in late antiquity, the way in which emperors were addressed, attitudes to barbarization and religion, the use of propaganda, the changing political nature of the Empire, and, of course, pertinent military issues. In particular, the volume looks at the works and ideology of numerous authors from late antiquity, including historians, ecclesiastical writers, poets and panegyrists. A firm tenet of the research methodology is that it is necessary to establish an accurate picture of late-antique military, religious and political discourse in order to divine the most likely milieu into which the Epitoma should be placed - thus 'Vegetius in context', as the title suggests.