Review by julis - On Roman Military Matters; A 5th Century Training Manual in Organization, Weapons and Tactics, as Practiced by the Roman Legions

A review by julis
On Roman Military Matters; A 5th Century Training Manual in Organization, Weapons and Tactics, as Practiced by the Roman Legions by Vegetius, Vegetius

informative fast-paced

4.0

I don’t pretend to have normal reading interests.

Quick summary! 4th century CE military guide, which veers wildly between “this is what we do today”, “this is what I think we should do”, and “this is what we did back then” (usually an unspecified then, or the mid-late Republic). Not always clear which one he’s talking about.

Which makes this difficult to use as a historical text, though not impossible, and the problem is we really don’t have any alternative. We can compare what Vegetius says to what other authors say when there’s overlap, and certainly use archaeological evidence, but you can’t completely throw it out either because it’s the only Roman military manual.

A review by julis On Roman Military Matters; A 5th Century Training Manual in Organization, Weapons and Tactics, as Practiced by the Roman Legions by Vegetius, Vegetius

A review by julis
On Roman Military Matters; A 5th Century Training Manual in Organization, Weapons and Tactics, as Practiced by the Roman Legions by Vegetius, Vegetius