Brill's companion to Aineias Tacticus
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Brill's companion to Aineias Tacticus
(Brill's companions in classical studies)
Brill, c2018
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Brill's Companion to Aineias Tacticus is a collection of articles on the significance of the earliest Greek handbook on military tactics. Aineias' (Aeneas) wrote his Poliorketika in the mid-fourth century BC, offering a unique perspective on contemporary Greek city-states, warfare and intellectual trends. We offer an introduction to Aineias and his work, and then discuss the work's historical and intellectual context, his qualities as a writer, and aspects of his work as a historical source for the Greek polis of the fourth century BC. Several chapters discuss Aineias' approach to warfare, specifically light infantry, mercenaries, naval operations, fortifications and technology. Finally, we include a lengthy study of the reception of ancient military treatises, specifically Aineias' Poliorketika, in the Byzantine period.
Table of Contents
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1 Introduction
Maria Pretzler and Nick Barley
2 The Other Aineias
David Whitehead
3 Aineias the Author-Who, Where and When?
Robin Lane Fox
4 Aineias Tacticus in His Intellectual Context
Graham Shipley
5 Aineias and History: The Purpose and Context of Historical Narrative in the Poliorketika
Maria Pretzler
6 Creating Koine: Aineias Tacticus in the History of the Greek Language
Jose Vela Tejada
7 Writing and Other Forms of Communication in Aineias' Poliorketika
Peter Liddel
8 The Polis Falling Apart: Aineias Tacticus and Stasis
Maria Pretzler
9 Greek Poleis and Warfare in the IVth Century BC: Aineias' Poliorketika
Marco Bettalli
10 Light Infantry and Leadership in Aineias
Nick Barley
11 Mercenaries in Aineias Tacticus
Jim Roy
12 Raiders from the Sea: The Maritime Context of the Poliorketika
Philip de Souza
13 'News from Home': Aeneas Tacticus and Fourth-century Defense in Practice at Ancient Stymphalos
Ben Gourley
14 Simple and Complex Technology in Aineias: Ladders and Telegraphy
Tracey Rihll
15 Aineias Tacticus in Byzantine Military Literature
Philip Rance
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