The Taktika of Leo VI: Revised Edition

by Leo VI

Although he probably never set foot on a battlefield, the Byzantine emperor Leo VI (886-912) had a lively interest in military matters. Successor to Caesar Augustus, Constantine, and Justinian, he was expected to be victorious in war and to subject barbarian peoples to Rome, so he set out to acquire a solid knowledge of military equipment and practice. The Tactical Constitutions , or Taktika , were the result. First published by Dumbarton Oaks in 2010 as part of the Corpus Fontium Historiae Byzantinae series, and now available in this updated, revised paper edition, this is the first modern critical edition of the complete text of the Taktika , including a facing English translation, explanatory notes, and extensive indexes.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

712 pages, Paperback

First published October 15, 2010

Reviews

[Caren · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lot of skimming

[Anatolikon · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent text and translation. My main problem is that my 2010 hardback has "Text, Translation, and Commentary" embossed on the front in silver letters, but it was four years and another thirty dollars before the commentary appeared.

[Al · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good translation. I translated part of it back in 1998 for my MA. Now I wish I had done the whole thing😀