Few secular works of Antiquity were as popular in the Middle Ages as Vegetius' Epitoma, the broadest ancient manual of Roman warfare. This edition is the first to be based on a comprehensive investigation of over 200 surviving manuscripts. The apparatus gives a full account of the readings that medieval scribes inherited from Antiquity. It also includes cross-references and brief explanations of some choices, and M. R. Reeve takes trouble to identify the earliest occurrences of worthwhile conjecture. There is a wide-ranging introduction in English.
| ISBN: | 9780199264643 |
| Publication date: | 4th March 2004 |
| Author: | M D , Kennedy Professor of Latin in the University of Cambridge Reeve |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Fold-out book or chart |
| Pagination: | 240 pages |
| Series: | Oxford Classical Texts |
| Genres: |
Literary essays Theory of warfare and military science Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Ancient history European history |