Main entry:

Vegetius Renatus, Flavius.

Title & Author:

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

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication:

Liverpool [England] : Liverpool University Press, 1996.

Description:

xliii, 161 pages ; 21 cm

Series:

Translated texts for historians ; v. 16

Notes:
Translation of: De re militari.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-157) and index.
Preface -- Introduction -- 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. 14-26) -- 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) -- Abbreviations and bibliography -- Select Bibliography -- Index of Gods, People and Places.
Minor west-Syrian chronography -- Dionysius of Tel-Mahre, secular history, introduction concordance of the contents -- Two apocalyptic text of AD 691+ (by S.P.B.).
Translated from the Latin.

Summary:

"The only Latin art of war to survive, Vegetius' Epitome was for long an essential part of the medieval prince's military education. The core of his proposals, the maintenance of a highly-trained professional standing army and navy, was revolutionary for medieval Europe, while his theory of deterrence through strength remains the foundation of modern Western defence policy. This annotated translation highlights the significance for his own age of Vegetius' advice, written just before the fall of the Roman Empire in the West, at a time when economic weakness and political disintegration threatened to undermine the strategic defensive structure that had underpinned the Roman State for so long." "The main thrust of his reforms is to confront the problems of the fragmentation of the army, the barbarization of its personnel, the loss of professional skills, and the substitution of mercenaries for standing forces. The accent of the work is on the practicalities of recruiting and training new model armies (and navies) starting from scratch, and on the strategies appropriate to their use against the barbarian invaders of the period."--Jacket

ISBN:

085323910X
9780853239109
0853232288
9780853232285

Subject:

Vegetius Renatus, Flavius 383-450 Epitoma rei militaris
Vegetius Renatus, Flavius.
Epitoma rei militaris.
Military art and science Rome.
Art et science militaires Rome.
Armed Forces.
Military art and science.
Krijgskunde.
Rome Army.
Rome Navy.
Rome Armée.
Rome (Empire)
Military science

Form/genre:

Early works.

Added entries:

Milner, N. P.
Translated texts for historians ; v. 16.

Epitome of military science

Holdings:

Location: Library main 129161
Call No.: ID U35.V4; ID:97-B1799
Status: Available