De re militari

About “De re militari”

De re militari, also known as Epitoma rei militaris, is a treatise by the Late Latin writer Flavius Vegetius Renatus about Roman warfare and military principles, presenting the methods and practices used during the height of the Roman Empire that were responsible for its power. The extant text dates to the 5th century AD and is described as a 4th- or 5th-century military treatise by Vegetius. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)