Aeneas Tacticus, Asclepiodotus, Onasander

Aeneas Tacticus, Asclepiodotus, Onasander
Author: Aeneas (Tacticus)
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Total Pages: 552
Release: 1923
Genre: Military art and science
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Aeneas was perhaps a general, and certainly author of several didactic military works of which the sole survivor is that on defence against siege. From it we can deduce that he was a Peloponnesian of the fourth century BCE who served in the Aegean and in Asia Minor and composed the work from direct knowledge and from oral and some literary tradition, possibly in 357-6 BCE. It is devoted entirely to defence of fortified places and deals specially with use of defending troops; defensive positions; morale; resistance to attacks and to actual assault; guards; obviation of treachery and revolution; and other subjects. Asclepiodotus, philosopher and pupil of the Stoic Posidonius, wrote a rather dry but ordered work on Tactics as if a subject of the lecture room, based not on personal experience but on earlier manuals. His main subjects were the branches of a military force; infantry; cavalry; chariots; elephants; arms; maneuvers; military evolutions; marching formation. The work ends with words of command. Onasander (Onasandros), a Platonic philosopher, dedicated his work "The General" to the Roman Veranius, who was a consul in 49 CE. The work deals in plain style with the sort of morals and social and military qualities and attitudes expected of a virtuous and militarily successful general. It is also concerned with such matters as his choice of staff; attitude to war; religious duties; military formations; conduct in allied and hostile lands; difficult terrains; camps; drill; spies; guards; deserters; battle formations and maneuvers; and other matters, ending with conduct after victory


Aeneas Tacticus, Asclepiodotus, Onasander
Language: en
Pages: 552
Authors: Aeneas (Tacticus)
Categories: Military art and science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1923 - Publisher:

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Aeneas was perhaps a general, and certainly author of several didactic military works of which the sole survivor is that on defence against siege. From it we ca
Aeneas Tacticus, Asdepiodotus, and Onasander; with English translation by members of the Illinois Greek club
Language: en
Pages: 552
Authors: Aeneas (Tacticus)
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1923 - Publisher:

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Aineias the Tactician
Language: en
Pages: 248
Authors: Aeneas (Tacticus)
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-04-25 - Publisher: Bristol Classical Press

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With the Greekless reader firmly in mind, this text provides a fresh modern translation of Aineias Tacitus' "How to Survive Under Siege", a comprehensive introd
Aeneas Tacticus, Asclepiodotus, Onasander
Language: en
Pages: 560
Authors: Aeneas (Tacticus)
Categories: Military art and science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1948 - Publisher:

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Aeneas Tacticus. Asclepiodotus. Onasander. With an English Translation by Members of the Illinois Greek Club
Language: el
Pages: 531
Authors: Aeneas (Tacticus)
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1923 - Publisher:

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