Aineias the Tactician: How to Survive Under Siege - Couverture souple

Aeneas Tacticus; Aineias Tacitus

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1853996270 ISBN 13 : 9781853996276

Editeur : Bristol Classical Press, 2002

Synopsis

Aineias Tacticus (mid-fourth century BC) is not only the earliest but also one of the most historically interesting of ancient military writers. Important, too, as a social commentator, he sheds valuable light on the nature of life and the psychological and strategic preoccupations of a typical Greek city-state (polis) at a time dominated by two extraordinarily atypical ones, Athens and Sparta. In Aineias' work we see what conditions were like in a polis obliged to play a minor and much more passive role in the history of its age - not laying siege like the big players but suffering it. His practical recommendations derive clearly from accumulated personal experience in the first place; but at the same time he also draws copious illustrative material from both Herodotus and Thucydides. This edition has the Greekless reader firmly in mind, providing a fresh modern translation of How to Survive Under Siege", a comprehensive introduction to Aineias and his work, and a full historical commentary."

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bristol Classical Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1853996270
• ISBN 13: 9781853996276
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Éditeur: Whitehead David
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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