Research Catalog

Title

Vegetius, epitome of military science / translated with notes and introduction by N.P. Milner.

Author

Vegetius Renatus, Flavius

Publication

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 1993.

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Details

Additional Authors

Milner, N. P.

Description

xxx, 152 p.; 21 cm.

Series Statement

Translated texts for historians ; v. 16

Uniform Title

• De re militari. English
• Translated texts for historians v. 16.

Alternative Title

• De re militari.
• Epitome of military science.

Subject

• Military art and science > Rome
• Rome > Army
• Military science

Genre/Form

• Translations (form)
• Didactical prose (texts)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-147) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ancient Synopsis -- Book I. Recruitment, ch. 1-7. Training, ch. 8-28 -- Book II. The armed services, ch. 1-3. The formation and structure of the Ancient Legion, ch. 4-14. The Ancient Legion in battle-order, ch. 15-18. The administration of the Ancient Legion, ch. 19-25 -- Book III. Logistics, commissariat discipline signals, castrametation, ch. 1-8. Pre-battle strategy, ch. 9-13. Battle tactics and strategies, ch. 14-46 -- Book IV. Fortifications, ch. 1-6. Preparations for a siege, ch. 7-11. Siege-strategies of attack and defence, ch. 12-30. The Navy, ch. 31-33. Shipbuilding, ch. 34-37. The art of navigation, ch. 38-43. Naval warfare, ch. 44-46.

ISBN

0853232288

LCCN

^^^93211562^

OCLC

• 28401772
• SCSB-12867512

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library