Aeneas Tacticus. Asclepiodotus. Onasander
Aeneas Tacticus. Asclepiodotus. Onasander
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Summary
The surviving work of Aeneas (fourth century BC) is on defense against siege. Asclepiodotus (first century BC) wrote a work on tactics as though for the lecture room, based on earlier manuals, not personal experience. Onasander’s “The General” (first century AD) deals with the qualities expected of a general.
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Aeneas Tacticus. Asclepiodotus. Onasander by Aeneas Tacticus
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.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780674991729 |
| ISBN 10 | 0674991729 |
| Title | Aeneas Tacticus. Asclepiodotus. Onasander |
| Author | Aeneas Tacticus |
| Series | Loeb Classical Library |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
| Year published | 1923-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 544 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |