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The Tactics of Aelian: A New Translation of the Manual that Influenced Warfare for Fifteen Centuries

Name: The Tactics of Aelian: A New Translation of the Manual that Influenced Warfare for Fifteen Centuries
ISBN: 9781783378272

Christopher Matthew

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Aelian’s work on tactics is a hugely significant piece of ancient military literature, yet the last new edition in English was published in 1814. Although writing (in his native Greek) in the second century AD, Aelian drew heavily on earlier works, such as Asclepiodotus, to put together a comprehensive manual of warfare in the Hellenistic period (late 3rd to early 1st centuries BC). His Tactica thus examines all facets of warfare in the period of Alexander the Great’s successors, including the arms and armor of cavalry and infantry, formations, commands and signals. Aelian also provides a discussion of the Roman army of the period.

Categories:

History - Military History

Year:

2013

Publisher:

Pen & Sword Military

Language:

english

ISBN 10:

1783378271

ISBN 13:

9781783378272