How to Survive Under Siege

di Aeneas Tacticus (Autore)

Aineias Tacitus (Autore)

David Whitehead (Traduttore)

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2002

Aineias Tacticus (mid-fourth century BC) is not only the earliest but also one of the most historically interesting of ancient military writers. Important, too, as a social commentator, he sheds valuable light on the nature of life and the psychological and strategic preoccupations of a typical Greek city-state (polis) at a time dominated by two extraordinarily atypical ones, Athens and Sparta. In Aineias' work we see what conditions were like in a polis obliged to play a minor and much more passive role in the history of its age - not laying siege like the big players but suffering it. His practical recommendations derive clearly from accumulated personal experience in the first place; but at the same time he also draws copious illustrative material from both Herodotus and Thucydides. This edition has the Greekless reader firmly in mind, providing a fresh modern translation of "How to Survive Under Siege", a comprehensive introduction to Aineias and his work, and a full historical commentary.

• Autore: Aeneas Tacticus, Aineias Tacitus
• Traduttore: David Whitehead
• Editore: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Collana: BCP Classical Studies S.
• Anno: 2002
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 240 p.
• Dimensioni: 216 x 140 mm
• Peso: 283 gr.
• EAN: 9781853996276

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