Also known as “De Re Militari” (On Military Matters), this is the only handbook of Roman warfare to survive to modern times. Written when the power of the R

The Military Institutions of the Romans (De Re Militari - "Concerning Military Matters") is a treatise by the late Latin writer Flavius Renatus about Roman warf

2011 Reprint of 1940 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Originally published in "Roots of Strate

"Si vis pacem, para bellum." -Flavius Vegetius Renatus, The Military Institutions of the Romans, (390 A.D.) The Military Institutions of the Romans (original ti

Flavius Vegetius Renatus (flourished 4th century ad), Roman military expert who wrote what was perhaps the single most influential military treatise in the West