07-15-2014, 07:41 AM
And to turn a bit more gas over the fire :-)
http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/review/1293
<< If technical advances modified Vegetius’ tactical application and the availability of other ancient military texts now eliminated his uniqueness, he continued to be read as a vital part of the early modern military ‘cult of antiquity’, which the Chevalier de Folard’s Histoire de Polybe (1727-30) and other works perpetuated in fomenting the column vs. line debate on infantry deployment.
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Even Napoleon read Vegetius. In fact, the legacy extends into the 19th century. Antoine Henri de Jomini’s Prècis de l’art de la guerre (1838), the 19th–century’s chief theoretical work on war until Clausewitz’s Vom Kriege gained notoriety, betrays Vegetian influence in its conception and organization, and also features Jomini’s 12 orders of battle, the progeny of Vegetius’ seven.(9)>>
Another interesting Roman book
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Rebus_Bellicis
Thats an interesting image there with that "mobile armored field artilery"
And a BBC documentary (I think what they said there is valuable for any corner of the empire)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_the_Romans_Did_for_Us
So I think their influence is still significant in our society and even if we're different in many ways we are still similar in quite few others
http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/review/1293
<< If technical advances modified Vegetius’ tactical application and the availability of other ancient military texts now eliminated his uniqueness, he continued to be read as a vital part of the early modern military ‘cult of antiquity’, which the Chevalier de Folard’s Histoire de Polybe (1727-30) and other works perpetuated in fomenting the column vs. line debate on infantry deployment.
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Even Napoleon read Vegetius. In fact, the legacy extends into the 19th century. Antoine Henri de Jomini’s Prècis de l’art de la guerre (1838), the 19th–century’s chief theoretical work on war until Clausewitz’s Vom Kriege gained notoriety, betrays Vegetian influence in its conception and organization, and also features Jomini’s 12 orders of battle, the progeny of Vegetius’ seven.(9)>>
Another interesting Roman book
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Rebus_Bellicis
Thats an interesting image there with that "mobile armored field artilery"
And a BBC documentary (I think what they said there is valuable for any corner of the empire)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_the_Romans_Did_for_Us
So I think their influence is still significant in our society and even if we're different in many ways we are still similar in quite few others
Razvan A.
