Brill’s Companion to Aineias Tacticus is a collection of articles on the significance of the earliest Greek handbook on military tactics. Aineias’ (Aeneas) wrote his Poliorketika in the mid-fourth century BC, offering a unique perspective on contemporary Greek city-states, warfare and intellectual trends. We offer an introduction to Aineias and his work, and then discuss the work’s historical and intellectual context, his qualities as a writer, and aspects of his work as a historical source for the Greek polis of the fourth century BC. Several chapters discuss Aineias’ approach to warfare, specifically light infantry, mercenaries, naval operations, fortifications and technology. Finally, we include a lengthy study of the reception of ancient military treatises, specifically Aineias’ Poliorketika, in the Byzantine period.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9789004223516
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-90-04-22351-6
- Verlag: Brill
- Erscheinungstermin: 12.10.2017
- Sprache(n): Englisch,Andere Sprache
- Auflage: Erscheinungsjahr 2017
- Serie: Brill's Companions to Classical Studies
- Produktform: Gebunden
- Gewicht: 699 g
- Seiten: 402
- Format (B x H x T): 159 x 241 x 27 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt