DE RE MILITARI by VEGETIUS: Complete Official Edition

by Flavius Vegetius, Harper-McLaughlin Adet (Editor)

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. De Re Militari is essential to understand European strategy and war due to the fact that, besides describing the military might of Rome in practical terms, it was also used by generals and rulers in the next centuries and the Middle Ages to organize European armies, conduct sieges, reinforce castles, train soldiers, and conquer enemy nations. So much so that generals would be judged and measured in warfare skills by their knowledge and understanding of Vegetius.

Genres: History, War

125 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 4, 2019

Reviews

[Readercoventry · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this edition! I got 2 other versions and they didn't have the book about naval warfare and siege tactics. This one has everything. I always favor official editions over anything else because I really like to read the original version of a text without any changes and stuff like that. Vegetius is amazing!

[Antonis Louizidis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Στο εν λόγο έργο - επιστολή προς τον αυτοκράτορα αναλύονται εκτενος οι αρχές της στρατηγικής,της τακτικής και της οργάνωσης του Ρωμαϊκού στρατού κατά την περίοδο της ακμής της αυτοκρατορίας. Χωρίζεται σε τρια βιβλία, το πρώτο αναφέρεται στην επιλογή και εκπαίδευση των νεοσυλλέκτων,το δεύτερο στην οργάνωση της λεγεώνας και το τρίτο στις διατάξεις της μάχης. Πολύ ενδιαφέροντα και τα τρία μέρη του βιβλίου,καθώς μας δίνεται η ευκαιρία μέσω του περιεχομένου τους να καταλάβουμε εκ βαθέων τους παράγοντες που έκαναν υπερδύναμη την Ρώμη.Η πειθαρχία, η οργάνωση και η προσοχή στην λεπτομέρεια ήταν οι κύριοι παράγοντες που έκαναν τις λεγεώνες ακατανίκητες και ικανές να ξεπεράσουν όλα τα εμπόδια που έβρισκαν στον δρόμο τους.

[Fedel Palmero · Rating 2 out of 5]

De Re Militari 📖
⭐️⭐️ (2/5)

Key Points:

✅ Intresting historical data on the recruitment, formation and tactics of the Roman legions.

❌ A lot of bland information. The book would serve from a ‘republishing’ to include visual representations of legion formations, tactics, size & disposition etc.

[Scipio Africanus · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting and detailed description of Roman military tactics and warfare. Any history nerd who loves Rome or military history should read this book.

[Sawyer Doyle · Rating 5 out of 5]

peak

[Philip Schaffer · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Classic In Sensible Translation

This is a great classical work on military science in a very understandable translation. I highly recommend this edition to any who are interested.