Vegetius: Epitome of Military Science (Translated Texts for Historians, Volume 16)

An annotated translation of the only text on war to survive from the late Roman era. Vegetius discusses recruiting and training, suggests strategies to use against the barbarian raids of the time, and addresses the fragmentation of the empire's forces, the barbarism of officers and soldiers, and the substitution of mercenaries for standing armies. Distributed by the U. of Pennsylvania Press. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

N. P. Milner took First Class Honours in Greats at Christ Church, Oxford, in 1982. After working for a time in the City and as a schoolmaster, he returned to Oxford to research Vegetius for a DPhil thesis. He has also been active in archaeological and epigraphical survey work in S.W. Turkey
undertaken at ancient sites by the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara, and has worked on the epigraphical Nachlass of the late Alan Hall.