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De Re Militari (Latin "On military matters") was a treatise of late Roman warfare that became a military guide in the middle ages. Latin is the language that was originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ...
Roman Empire between AD 60 and 400 with major cities. ...
For other uses of War, see War (disambiguation). ...
The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ...
Writer of De Re Militari was Flavius Vegetius Renatus who lived in the late 4th century. It may be that Vegetius wrote it trying to formulate a military reform, possibly under the patronage of Theodosius I. It has been also called Epitoma Rei Militaris. The phrase si vis pacem para bellum ("If you want peace, prepare for war") probably originates from Vegetius. Vegetius (Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus) was a celebrated military writer of the 4th century. ...
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Flavius Theodosius (Cauca [Coca-Segovia], Spain, January 11, 347 - Milan, January 17, 395), also called Theodosius I and Theodosius the Great, was a Roman emperor. ...
Vegetius based his treatise on Roman armies. He emphasized things like training of soldiers as a disciplined force, orderly strategy, maintenance of supply lines, quality leadership and use of tactics and even deceit to ensure advantage over the opposition. He was concerned about selection of good soldiers and recommended hard training of at least four months before the soldier was accepted into the ranks. The leader of the army (dux or duke) had to take care of the men under his command and keep himself informed about the movements of the enemy to gain advantage in the battle. This article needs cleanup. ...
Military strategy in the Waterloo campaign Military strategy is a collective name for planning the conduct of warfare. ...
Supply lines are roads, rail, and other transportation infrastructure needed to replenish the consumables that a military unit requires to function in the field. ...
Tactics is the collective name for methods of winning a small-scale conflict, performing an optimization, etc. ...
De Re Militari became a popular book about warfare in the middle ages, especially between 9th and 16th centuries, even if some of the information did not suit to later times. Especially Vegetius' notes about siegecraft became obsolete when the technology advanced. Vegetius' suggestion of a soldier's religious oath to God and to the realm might have influenced knightly practices. Still, because of the lack of literacy, as a guide it was probably accessible only to aristocracy, clergy and royalty. ( 8th century - 9th century - 10th century - other centuries) Events Beowulf might have been written down in this century, though it could also have been in the 8th century Reign of Charlemagne, and concurrent (and controversially labeled) Carolingian Renaissance in western Europe Viking attacks on Europe begin Oseberg ship burial The...
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A siege is a prolonged military blockade and assault of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition. ...
226 Latin copies of the book have survived to the modern day, not including translations to various other European languages. Many of them have copious amount of personal notes on them, pointing at matters that have interested their contemporary owners.
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