Brill's companion to Aineias Tacticus / / edited by Maria Pretzler, Nick Barley.

• Superior document: Brill's Companions in Classical Studies,
• TeilnehmendeR: Barley, Nick, Ph.D.,; Pretzler, Maria,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2018.; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's companions in classical studies.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (402 pages) :; illustrations (some color), maps, photographs.

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.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Introduction / Maria Pretzler and Nick Barley -- ‘The Other Aineias’ / David Whitehead -- Aineias the Author: Who, Where and When? / Robin Lane Fox -- Aineias Tacticus in His Intellectual Context / D. Graham J. Shipley -- Aineias and History: The Purpose and Context of Historical Narrative in the Poliorketika / Maria Pretzler -- Creating Koine: Aineias Tacticus in the History of the Greek Language / José Vela Tejada -- Writing and Other Forms of Communication in Aineias’ Poliorketika / Peter Liddel -- The Polis Falling Apart: Aineias Tacticus and Stasis / Maria Pretzler -- Greek Poleis and Warfare in the Fourth Century BC: Aineias’ Poliorketika / Marco Bettalli -- Light Infantry and Leadership in Aineias / Nick Barley -- Mercenaries in Aineias Tacticus / James Roy -- Raiders from the Sea: The Maritime Context of the Poliorketika / Philip de Souza -- Notes from Home: A Perspective on Fourth-century Defence from Arkadian Stymphalos / Ben Gourley -- Technology in Aineias Tacticus: Simple and Complex / Tracey E. Rihll -- The Reception of Aineias’ Poliorketika in Byzantine Military Literature / Philip Rance -- Indexes.