{"product_id":"brills-companion-to-aineias-tacticus-9789004223516","title":"Brill's Companion to Aineias Tacticus ","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrill’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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList 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","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210628194647,"sku":"9789004223516","price":122.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/brills-companion-to-aineias-tacticus-9789004223516","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}