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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.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: How to Survive Under Siege
• Author: Aeneas Tacticus, Aineias Tacitus
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240
• EAN: 9781853996276
• ISBN: 1853996270
• ID: 05113411
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Weight: 298 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 139 × 15 mm
• Date of publishing: 25. April 2002

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