03748nam 2200529 450 991079655980332120190826145055.090-04-35285-610.1163/9789004352858(CKB)4100000000467899(MiAaPQ)EBC5100738 2017037587(nllekb)BRILL9789004352858(PPN)261071920(EXLCZ)99410000000046789920171109h20182018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierBrill's companion to Aineias Tacticus /edited by Maria Pretzler, Nick BarleyLeiden, Netherlands ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :Brill,2018.©20181 online resource (402 pages) illustrations (some color), maps, photographsBrill's Companions in Classical Studies,1872-335790-04-22351-7 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.Front Matter -- Introduction /Maria Pretzler and Nick Barley -- ‘The Other Aineias’ /David Whitehead -- Aineias the Author: Who, Where and When? /Robin Lane Fox -- Aineias Tacticus in His Intellectual Context /D. Graham J. Shipley -- Aineias and History: The Purpose and Context of Historical Narrative in the Poliorketika /Maria Pretzler -- Creating Koine: Aineias Tacticus in the History of the Greek Language /José Vela Tejada -- Writing and Other Forms of Communication in Aineias’ Poliorketika /Peter Liddel -- The Polis Falling Apart: Aineias Tacticus and Stasis /Maria Pretzler -- Greek Poleis and Warfare in the Fourth Century BC: Aineias’ Poliorketika /Marco Bettalli -- Light Infantry and Leadership in Aineias /Nick Barley -- Mercenaries in Aineias Tacticus /James Roy -- Raiders from the Sea: The Maritime Context of the Poliorketika /Philip de Souza -- Notes from Home: A Perspective on Fourth-century Defence from Arkadian Stymphalos /Ben Gourley -- Technology in Aineias Tacticus: Simple and Complex /Tracey E. Rihll -- The Reception of Aineias’ Poliorketika in Byzantine Military Literature /Philip Rance -- Indexes.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.Brill's companions in classical studies.Military art and scienceHistoryTo 500Siege warfareEarly works to 1800Engines of warEarly works to 1800Military art and scienceHistorySiege warfareEngines of war355.44Barley NickPh.D.,Pretzler MariaMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910796559803321Brill's companion to Aineias Tacticus1760438UNINA