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Brill’s Companion to Aineias Tacticus is a collection of articles on the significance of the earliest Greek handbook on military tactics. Aineias’ (Aeneas) wrote his Poliorketika in the mid-fourth century BC, offering a unique perspective on contemporary Greek city-states, warfare and intellectual trends. We offer an introduction to Aineias and his work, and then discuss the work’s historical and intellectual context, his qualities as a writer, and aspects of his work as a historical source for the Greek polis of the fourth century BC. Several chapters discuss Aineias’ approach to warfare, specifically light infantry, mercenaries, naval operations, fortifications and technology. Finally, we include a lengthy study of the reception of ancient military treatises, specifically Aineias’ Poliorketika, in the Byzantine period.

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In conclusione, il volume risponde pienamente a quell’esigenza di approfondimento su Enea Tattico che viene messa in evidenza nell’introduzione. L’argomento è affrontato a tutto campo, ed Enea diventa effettivamente il prisma attraverso cui aprire una finestra su di un mondo scarsamente conosciuto, quale quello delle piccole e medie poleis della Greca antica, lontane dai fasti dei maggiori centri urbani, ma pure dotate di una propria vitalità. Alcuni interventi possono risultare più aridi e tecnici di altri, e in alcuni punti l’argomentazione è altamente congetturale, ma nulla di tutto ciò inficia il valore di un volume che, complessivamente, risulta di utile e piacevole lettura anche a chi non si interessi della figura, pure molto interessante, di quell’antico scrittore di cose militari che fu Enea Tattico. Arturo Mariano Iannace in: Medioevo greco, 18, 2018

Table of Contents
List of Figures and Photos 1 Introduction  Maria Pretzler and Nick Barley 2 The Other Aineias  David Whitehead 3 Aineias the Author—Who, Where and When?  Robin Lane Fox 4 Aineias Tacticus in His Intellectual Context  Graham Shipley 5 Aineias and History: The Purpose and Context of Historical Narrative in the Poliorketika  Maria Pretzler 6 Creating Koine: Aineias Tacticus in the History of the Greek Language  Jose Vela Tejada 7 Writing and Other Forms of Communication in Aineias’ Poliorketika  Peter Liddel 8 The Polis Falling Apart: Aineias Tacticus and Stasis  Maria Pretzler 9 Greek Poleis and Warfare in the IVth Century BC: Aineias’ Poliorketika  Marco Bettalli 10 Light Infantry and Leadership in Aineias  Nick Barley 11 Mercenaries in Aineias Tacticus  Jim Roy 12 Raiders from the Sea: The Maritime Context of the Poliorketika  Philip de Souza 13 ‘News from Home’: Aeneas Tacticus and Fourth-century Defense in Practice at Ancient Stymphalos  Ben Gourley 14 Simple and Complex Technology in Aineias: Ladders and Telegraphy  Tracey Rihll 15 Aineias Tacticus in Byzantine Military Literature  Philip Rance Index

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      Publisher: Brill
      Publication Date: 12/10/2017
      ISBN13: 9789004223516, 978-9004223516
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      Book Synopsis
      Brill’s Companion to Aineias Tacticus is a collection of articles on the significance of the earliest Greek handbook on military tactics. Aineias’ (Aeneas) wrote his Poliorketika in the mid-fourth century BC, offering a unique perspective on contemporary Greek city-states, warfare and intellectual trends. We offer an introduction to Aineias and his work, and then discuss the work’s historical and intellectual context, his qualities as a writer, and aspects of his work as a historical source for the Greek polis of the fourth century BC. Several chapters discuss Aineias’ approach to warfare, specifically light infantry, mercenaries, naval operations, fortifications and technology. Finally, we include a lengthy study of the reception of ancient military treatises, specifically Aineias’ Poliorketika, in the Byzantine period.

      Trade Review
      In conclusione, il volume risponde pienamente a quell’esigenza di approfondimento su Enea Tattico che viene messa in evidenza nell’introduzione. L’argomento è affrontato a tutto campo, ed Enea diventa effettivamente il prisma attraverso cui aprire una finestra su di un mondo scarsamente conosciuto, quale quello delle piccole e medie poleis della Greca antica, lontane dai fasti dei maggiori centri urbani, ma pure dotate di una propria vitalità. Alcuni interventi possono risultare più aridi e tecnici di altri, e in alcuni punti l’argomentazione è altamente congetturale, ma nulla di tutto ciò inficia il valore di un volume che, complessivamente, risulta di utile e piacevole lettura anche a chi non si interessi della figura, pure molto interessante, di quell’antico scrittore di cose militari che fu Enea Tattico. Arturo Mariano Iannace in: Medioevo greco, 18, 2018

      Table of Contents
      List of Figures and Photos 1 Introduction  Maria Pretzler and Nick Barley 2 The Other Aineias  David Whitehead 3 Aineias the Author—Who, Where and When?  Robin Lane Fox 4 Aineias Tacticus in His Intellectual Context  Graham Shipley 5 Aineias and History: The Purpose and Context of Historical Narrative in the Poliorketika  Maria Pretzler 6 Creating Koine: Aineias Tacticus in the History of the Greek Language  Jose Vela Tejada 7 Writing and Other Forms of Communication in Aineias’ Poliorketika  Peter Liddel 8 The Polis Falling Apart: Aineias Tacticus and Stasis  Maria Pretzler 9 Greek Poleis and Warfare in the IVth Century BC: Aineias’ Poliorketika  Marco Bettalli 10 Light Infantry and Leadership in Aineias  Nick Barley 11 Mercenaries in Aineias Tacticus  Jim Roy 12 Raiders from the Sea: The Maritime Context of the Poliorketika  Philip de Souza 13 ‘News from Home’: Aeneas Tacticus and Fourth-century Defense in Practice at Ancient Stymphalos  Ben Gourley 14 Simple and Complex Technology in Aineias: Ladders and Telegraphy  Tracey Rihll 15 Aineias Tacticus in Byzantine Military Literature  Philip Rance Index

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