aeneas tacticus (; fl. 4th century bc) was one of the earliest greek writers on the art of war and is credited as the first author to provide a complete guide to securing military communications. according to aelianus tacticus and polybius, he wrote a number of treatises (á½ÏÎ¿Î¼Î½Î®Î¼Î±ÏÎ± hypomnemata) on the subject. the only extant one, how to survive under siege (greek: ), deals with the best methods of defending a fortified city. an epitome of the whole was made by cineas, minister of pyrrhus, king of epirus. the work is chiefly valuable as containing a large number of historical illustrations. aeneas was considered by isaac casaubon to have been a contemporary of xenophon and identical with the arcadian general aeneas of stymphalus, whom xenophon (hellenica, vii.3) mentions as fighting at the battle of mantinea (362 bc). ==references==  ==sources== * ==further reading== *aeneas tacticus, asclepiodotus, onasander. translated by illinois greek club. loeb classical library. isbn 0-674-99172-9 * whitehead, david. 2002, aineias tacticus. how to survive under siege. second edition (first edition 1990). bristol classical press. isbn 978-1-85399-627-6. * jenkins, thomas e. 2006. "epistolary warfare" in intercepted letters: epistolarity and narrative in greek and roman literature. lexington books. pp.&nbsp;51â59. isbn 978-0-7391-1714-9. ==external links== * aeneastacticus.net (includes full text in english translation) * how to survive under siege __notoc__  
4th-century_BC_Greek_people Ancient_Greek_military_writers