· The treatise De re militari by Flavius Vegetius Renatus was the bible of warfare throughout the Middle Ages — the soldier's equivalent of the Rule of St. Benedict. The surviving manuscripts exceed ; there were five separate translations into French within the century following , many more into other languages, and nine bltadwin.ru by: De Re Militari by Vegetius is the famous strategy book written in times of the Roman Empire. It explains how they organized their armies, battles, sieges, and war strategies. This is the complete official edition and it contains the 4th part (how to perform sieges, city defenses, and naval warfare) which is not included in commonly available basic editions/5(32). viii VEGETIUS’ EPITOME OF MILITARY SCIENCE Remedies to counter the strength and stratagems of the enemy in battle .. How many modes for engaging in a pitched battle there are. and how the side that is inferior in numbers and strength may prevail. 2 1.
The Practical Use of Vegetius' De Re Militari During the Early Middle Ages By Bernard S. Bachrach* Although it is generally recognized that Vegetius* De Re Militari (DRM), was one of the most popular secular texts to circulate during the Middle Ages,1 there remains a substantial controversy as to whether this tract was of importance to. Vegetius' late Roman text became a well-known and highly respected 'classic' in the Middle Ages, transformed by its readers into the authority on the waging of war. Christopher Allmand analyses the medieval afterlife of the De Re Militari, tracing the growing interest in the text from the Carolingian world to the late Middle Ages, suggesting how the written word may have influenced the. Vegetius mentions the defeat of the Roman armies by the Goths, but probably refers to the battle of Adrianople where Valens, the colleague of Valentinian I, was killed. It is a paradox that DE RE MILITARI, which was to become a military bible for innumerable generations of European soldiers, was little used by the Romans for whom it was written.
De re militari, also Epitoma rei militaris, is a treatise by the Late Latin writer Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus about Roman warfare and military principles as a presentation of the methods and practices in use during the height of the Roman Empire and responsible for its power. The extant text dates to the 5th century. Vegetius emphasized things such as training of soldiers as a disciplined force, orderly strategy, maintenance of supply lines and logistics, quality leadership and use of tact. The treatise De re militari by Flavius Vegetius Renatus was the bible of warfare throughout the Middle Ages — the soldier's equivalent of the Rule of St. Benedict. The surviving manuscripts exceed ; there were five separate translations into French within the century following , many more into other languages, and nine incunabula. The De Re Militari of Vegetius: The Reception, Transmission and Legacy of a Roman Text in the Middle Ages 1st Edition by Christopher Allmand (Author) ISBN
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