Epitoma Rei Militaris (De Re Militari)
Epitoma Rei Militaris
Written as the Western Roman army's effectiveness was visibly declining, Vegetius's manual argues for a return to the rigorous training and discipline of the old legions and became, through medieval Latin manuscripts, the single most influential military text in Europe for a thousand years.
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