Download or read book The Tactics of Aelian written by Christopher Matthew and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2013-01-19 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aelian's work on tactics is a hugely significant piece of ancient military literature, yet the last new edition in English was published in 1814. Although writing (in his native Greek) in the second century AD, Aelian drew heavily on earlier works, such as Asclepiodotus, to put together a comprehensive manual of warfare in the Hellenistic period (late 3rd to early 1st centuries BC). His Tactica thus examines all facets of warfare in the period of Alexander the Great's successors, including the arms and armor of cavalry and infantry, formations, commands and signals. Aelian also provides a discussion of the Roman army of the period. As well as being an invaluable source for modern historians studying the Hellenistic period, the book was very influential on military theory long after Aelian's death. Arrian's work on tactics may merely be a revision of Aelian's; the Byzantine Emperor Leo VI used excerpts in his own treatise and an Arabic translation made around 1350 was used to train Muslim armies. Most significantly it became one of the primary training aids for the pike and musket armies of the 16 and 17th century Europe. A substantial edition published in London in 1616 contained a full direct translation as well as comprehensive notes and a treatise on how to apply Aelian's work to the training of English pike formations in the Macedonian manner. It was well used to train the foot regiments that fought the English Civil War. This unique longevity makes it of interest to anyone interested in warfare from the Hellenistic period right up to the English Civil War. Christopher Matthew's new edition is based on the 1616 edition but written in modern English with new renditions of all its accompanying figures. It has the original 1616 notes as well as comprehensive new notes and cross references to the other ancient manuals (such as Arrian and Leo) that drew upon it. It is without a doubt the most up to date version available in any language of this significant work that was influenced tactical thought for 1,500 years.
Download or read book The Tactics of Aelian written by Aelianus (Tacticus) and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Tactics of Aelian written by Christopher Anthony Matthew and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christopher Matthew's new edition is based on the 1616 edition but written in modern English with new renditions of all its accompanying figures. It has the original 1616 notes as well as comprehensive new notes and cross references to the other ancient manuals (such as Arrian and Leo) that drew upon it.
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Download or read book The Tactics of Aelian Comprising the Military System of the Grecians 1814 written by Aelianus and published by . This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Download or read book The Tactics of Aelian Comprising the Military System of the Grecians Illustrated with Notes Explanatory Plates and C and C and C written by Aelianus and published by . This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Aelian s Manual of Hellenistic Military Tactics written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Tactics of Elian Comprising the Military System of the Grecians written by and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Tactics of Aelian Comprising the Military System of the Grecians Illustrated with Notes Explanatory Plates c c c With a Preliminary Discourse by Henry Augustus Viscount Dillon written by Aelianus and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Tactics of Aelian Comprising the Military Sistem of the Grecians With a Preliminary Discourse by Henry Augustus Viscount Dillon written by Aelianus : Tacticus and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Aelian s Manual of Hellenistic Military Tactics written by Aelianus (Tacticus) and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Tacticks of Aelian written by Aelianus (Tacticus) and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Tactics of Aelian Or Art of Embattailing an Army After Ye Grecian Manner written by Aelianus and published by . This book was released on 1616 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Late Roman Combat Tactics written by Ilkka Syvänne and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2024-09-30 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Late Roman Combat Tactics by Dr. Ilkka Syvänne is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand land combat in the period from the Tetrarchy to the death of Heraclius, a period when the Romans faced serious and growing military threats on many fronts. The author’s detailed analysis provides the reader with a complete understanding of the combat equipment worn by the soldiers, types of troops, tactics, different unit orders and formations used by the late Romans and their enemies. Importantly, he lays out the developments and changes in these aspects across this critical period, assessing how the Romans adapted, or failed to adapt to the varied and changing array of enemies, such as Persians, Avars and Arabs. The discussion examines how the Romans fought at every level, so that it covers everything from the individual fighting techniques all the way up to the conduct of large-scale pitched battles. There is an immense amount of technical detail but the human element and the experience of the officers and ordinary soldiers is not forgotten, with such factors as morale and the psychology of battle (the ‘face of battle’) given due consideration. The thoroughly researched text is well supported by dozens of diagrams and illustrations. A thoroughly illuminating read on its own, Late Roman Combat Tactics is also the perfect companion to Dr Syvänne’s eight-volume Military History of Late Rome.
Download or read book The Tactiks of Aelian Or Art of Embattailing an Army After Ye Grecian Manner written by and published by . This book was released on 1616 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Greek Hoplite Phalanx written by Richard Taylor and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2021-12-22 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Greek hoplite and the phalanx formation in which he fought have been the subject of considerable academic debate over the past century. Dr Richard Taylor provides an overview of the current state of play in the hoplite debate in all its aspects, from fighting techniques to the social and economic background of the ‘hoplite revolution’, in a form that is accessible for the general reader and military history enthusiast. But the book goes further: offering a new perspective on the hoplite phalanx by putting it in the context of other military developments in the Mediterranean world in the middle of the first millennium BC. He argues that the Greek phalanx was different in degree but not in kind from other contemporary heavy infantry formations and that the hoplite debate, with its insistence on the unique nature of the hoplite phalanx, has obscured the similarities with other equivalent formations. The result is a fresh take on a perennially popular subject.
Download or read book An Invincible Beast written by Christopher Matthew and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innovative study of the Macedonian war machine’s sarissa-wielding infantry under such leaders as Philip II and Alexander the Great. The Hellenistic pike-phalanx was a true military innovation, transforming the face of warfare in the ancient world. For nearly 200 years, from the rise of the Macedonians as a military power in the mid-fourth century BC, to their defeat at the hands of the Romans at Pydna in 168BC, the pike-wielding heavy infantryman (the phalangite) formed the basis of nearly every Hellenistic army to deploy on battlefields stretching from Italy to India. And yet, despite this dominance, and the vast literature dedicated to detailing the history of the Hellenistic world, there remains fierce debate among modern scholars about how infantry combat in this age was actually conducted. Christopher Matthews critically examines phalanx combat by using techniques such as physical re-creation, experimental archaeology, and ballistics testing, and then comparing the findings of this testing to the ancient literary, artistic and archaeological evidence, as well as modern theories. The result is the most comprehensive and up-to-date study of what heavy infantry combat was like in the age of Alexander the Great and his successors.
