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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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