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Roman Military Writers: Julius Caesar, Vitruvius, Sextus Julius Frontinus, Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, de Aquaeductu

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Description:Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Julius Caesar, Vitruvius, Sextus Julius Frontinus, Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, de Aquaeductu, Lucius Cincius Alimentus, de Munitionibus Castrorum. Excerpt: De Munitionibus Castrorum ( About the Fortifications of Military Camps ) is a work by an unknown author. Due to this work formerly being attributed to Hyginus Gromaticus, its author is conventionally called "Pseudo-Hyginus." This work is the most detailed description that survives about Roman military camps (lat. castra ) and dates most probably from the 3rd century AD. The author and the time of creation of the work Very little is known about the author of De munitionibus castrorum . According to the text, his work was intended to be a useful manual about how to properly construct a military camp, specially written for a high ranked officer: "novitatem metationis ad tuam magnitudinem primus adferam, quae tibi spero placebit, si primum cottidianam metationem tractabis" He also mentions that he was a beginner author, and also used other authors' works relevant to the theme: "In quantum potui, domine frater, pro tirocinio meo, in brevi omnes auctores sum persecutus, et quidquid circa compositionem castrorum aestalivium instituerunt, in hoc libello, priusquam numeros instruerem, sub ratione omnia declaravi" But the author still cannot be identified. The exact date of creation of the work is also uncertain. According to Domaszewski, it is sure that the work was not written before the time of the Roman emperor Traian (it mentions Daci amongst the auxiliary forces), and was before the reforms of Diocletian (the Roman legion has its traditional structure). Domaszewski, based on similarities between Dio Cassius and Pseudo-Hyginus, argues that De munitionibus castrorum was written in the early 3rd century AD. Experts, however, ...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Roman Military Writers: Julius Caesar, Vitruvius, Sextus Julius Frontinus, Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, de Aquaeductu. To get started finding Roman Military Writers: Julius Caesar, Vitruvius, Sextus Julius Frontinus, Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, de Aquaeductu, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages
66
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Books LLC
Release
2010
ISBN
1155262670

Roman Military Writers: Julius Caesar, Vitruvius, Sextus Julius Frontinus, Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, de Aquaeductu

Books LLC
4.4/5 (1290744 ratings)
Description: Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Julius Caesar, Vitruvius, Sextus Julius Frontinus, Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, de Aquaeductu, Lucius Cincius Alimentus, de Munitionibus Castrorum. Excerpt: De Munitionibus Castrorum ( About the Fortifications of Military Camps ) is a work by an unknown author. Due to this work formerly being attributed to Hyginus Gromaticus, its author is conventionally called "Pseudo-Hyginus." This work is the most detailed description that survives about Roman military camps (lat. castra ) and dates most probably from the 3rd century AD. The author and the time of creation of the work Very little is known about the author of De munitionibus castrorum . According to the text, his work was intended to be a useful manual about how to properly construct a military camp, specially written for a high ranked officer: "novitatem metationis ad tuam magnitudinem primus adferam, quae tibi spero placebit, si primum cottidianam metationem tractabis" He also mentions that he was a beginner author, and also used other authors' works relevant to the theme: "In quantum potui, domine frater, pro tirocinio meo, in brevi omnes auctores sum persecutus, et quidquid circa compositionem castrorum aestalivium instituerunt, in hoc libello, priusquam numeros instruerem, sub ratione omnia declaravi" But the author still cannot be identified. The exact date of creation of the work is also uncertain. According to Domaszewski, it is sure that the work was not written before the time of the Roman emperor Traian (it mentions Daci amongst the auxiliary forces), and was before the reforms of Diocletian (the Roman legion has its traditional structure). Domaszewski, based on similarities between Dio Cassius and Pseudo-Hyginus, argues that De munitionibus castrorum was written in the early 3rd century AD. Experts, however, ...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Roman Military Writers: Julius Caesar, Vitruvius, Sextus Julius Frontinus, Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, de Aquaeductu. To get started finding Roman Military Writers: Julius Caesar, Vitruvius, Sextus Julius Frontinus, Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, de Aquaeductu, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
66
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Books LLC
Release
2010
ISBN
1155262670

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