Tacticus Aeneas Asclepiodotus (16 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. Minor Shelfwear. DJ is a bit tattered with tears and chipping.; Loeb Classical Library, No. 156; 544 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Minor Shelfwear. Scholar's name to ffep (A. R. Littlewood).; Loeb Classical Library, No. 156; 544 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. #156 from the Loeb Classical Library. About fine in similar, crisp dust jacket. Text block is clear, with no book plates or writing. Bilingual with the original Greek text and English translation. Originally published in 1923; this is the fifth reprint. 532 pages, with index.…

Condition: New.

Hardback. Condition: New. Three tactical treatises.Aeneas was perhaps a general, and certainly author of several didactic military works of which the sole survivor is that on defense against siege. From it we can deduce that he was a Peloponnesian of the fourth century BC who served in the Aegean and in Asia Minor and composed the work from direct knowledge and from oral and some literary tradition, possibly in 357-6 BC. It is devoted entirely to defense of fortified places and deals specially with use of defending troops; defensive positions; morale; resistance to attacks and to actual assault; guards; obviation of treachery and revolution; and other subjects.Asclepiodotus, philosopher and pupil of the Stoic Posidonius, wrote a rather dry but ordered work on tactics as if a subject of the lecture room, based not on personal experience but on earlier manuals. His main subjects were the branches of a military force; infantry; cavalry; chariots; elephants; arms; maneuvers; military evolutions; marching formation. The work ends with words of command.Onasander (Onasandros), a Platonic philosopher, dedicated his work "The General" to the Roman Veranius, who was a consul in AD 49. The work deals in plain style with the sort of morals and social and military qualities and attitudes expected of a virtuous and militarily successful general. It is also concerned with such matters as his choice of staff; attitude to war; religious duties; military formations; conduct in allied and hostile lands; difficult terrains; camps; drill; spies; guards; deserters; battle formations and maneuvers; and other matters, ending with conduct after victory.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 544 pages. 7.00x4.75x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New. pp. 544.

Condition: New. pp. 544 Index.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Binding sound, text unmarked. Condition: Near Fine. No dustwrapper. Robust packaging. Tracking is always added to USA orders. It can be added to other overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. No ownership marks. Size: 531pp., 17 x 11 cm. No ownership marks.

Gebunden. Condition: New. The surviving work of Aeneas (fourth century BCE) is on defense against siege. Asclepiodotus (first century BCE) wrote a work on tactics as though for the lecture room, based on earlier manuals, not personal experience. Onasander s The General (first cent.

Hardback. Condition: New. Three tactical treatises.Aeneas was perhaps a general, and certainly author of several didactic military works of which the sole survivor is that on defense against siege. From it we can deduce that he was a Peloponnesian of the fourth century BC who served in the Aegean and in Asia Minor and composed the work from direct knowledge and from oral and some literary tradition, possibly in 357-6 BC. It is devoted entirely to defense of fortified places and deals specially with use of defending troops; defensive positions; morale; resistance to attacks and to actual assault; guards; obviation of treachery and revolution; and other subjects.Asclepiodotus, philosopher and pupil of the Stoic Posidonius, wrote a rather dry but ordered work on tactics as if a subject of the lecture room, based not on personal experience but on earlier manuals. His main subjects were the branches of a military force; infantry; cavalry; chariots; elephants; arms; maneuvers; military evolutions; marching formation. The work ends with words of command.Onasander (Onasandros), a Platonic philosopher, dedicated his work "The General" to the Roman Veranius, who was a consul in AD 49. The work deals in plain style with the sort of morals and social and military qualities and attitudes expected of a virtuous and militarily successful general. It is also concerned with such matters as his choice of staff; attitude to war; religious duties; military formations; conduct in allied and hostile lands; difficult terrains; camps; drill; spies; guards; deserters; battle formations and maneuvers; and other matters, ending with conduct after victory.…

Cambridge MA.1948 (reprint ed.1923). x,532 pp. Cloth. (Loeb; a few notes).