![]() ![]() The Roman Discipline the Cause of Their Greatness Book I: The Selection and Training of New Levies.The Military Institutions of the Romans (De Re Militari).The third book contains a series of military maxims, which were (appropriately enough, considering the similarity in the military conditions of the two ages) the foundation of military learning for every European commander from William the Silent to Frederick the Great. Vegetius also describes in detail the organisation, training and equipment of the army of the early Empire. ![]() The first book is a plea for army reform it vividly portrays the military decadence of the Late Roman Empire. He who desires peace, let him prepare for war Vegetius, De Re Militari, Book Three He identifies himself in the opening of his work Epitoma rei militaris as a Christian. Nothing is known of his life or station beyond what is contained in his two surviving works: Epitoma rei militaris (also referred to as De re militari), and the lesser-known Digesta Artis Mulomedicinae, a guide to veterinary medicine. Publius (or Flavius) Vegetius Renatus, known as Vegetius, was a writer of the Later Roman Empire (late 4th century).
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