Title: Vegetius : epitome of military science /
Authors: Vegetius Renatus, Flavius.; Milner, N. P.
Date: 1993
Publisher: Liverpool University Press,
Physical description: xxx, 152 pages ; 21 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: U
Contents: 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. 14-46 -- 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.
Subject headings (LCSH): Military art and science--Rome.; Rome--Army.