TY - BOOK ID - 21552675 TI - Brill's companion to Aineias Tacticus AU - Barley, Nick AU - Pretzler, Maria PY - 2018 SN - 9789004223516 9004223517 9004352856 PB - Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Military art and science KW - Siege warfare KW - Engines of war KW - History KW - Aeneas, KW - History and criticism. KW - Engines of war. KW - Military art and science. KW - Siege warfare. KW - Peri tou pōs chrē poliorkoumenous antechein (Aeneas, Tacticus). KW - To 500. KW - Military engines KW - War engines KW - Military weapons KW - Attack and defense (Military science) KW - Fortifications, Attack and defense of KW - Fortress warfare KW - Siege craft KW - Siegecraft KW - Military engineering KW - Fortification KW - Intrenchments KW - Ancient warfare UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:21552675 AB - 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. ER -