The "Strategikon" may have been written in an effort to codify the military reforms brought about by the soldier-emperor Maurice. The true authorship of the "Strategikon" is still debated among academics. Maurice may have only commissioned it and perhaps his brother Peter or, more likely, another general was the true author. The date also remains debated. If it was written during the 6th century, the "Strategikon" may have been produced to analyze and reflect on the experience of the Balkan and Persian campaigns, or the campaigns may have been carried out in compliance with the manual. However, beginning in the late 19th century, a number of historians have, due to perceived philological and technological inconsistencies, argued for a later publication date during the eighth or ninth century. In any case, the work is considered to be one of the most notable military texts of the medieval Byzantine period, along with treatises attributed to the Byzantine emperors Leo VI ("Tactica") and Nicephorus Phocas ("De velitatione" and the "Praecepta Militaria"), among others. Leo's "Tactica" in particular was greatly inspired by the "Strategikon".