The Oldest Man in the World?

[Renatus]

I recently had occasion to look at the page on Amazon for the Kindle edition of 'The Military Institutions of the Romans', the abridged version of Lieutenant John Clarke's translation of Vegetius. Under the heading 'About the Author', it reads, 'John Clarke lives in the mountains of southern Pennsylvania. He is Professor Emeritus at Gettysburg College, and for many years he directed its program in the writing of poetry and fiction.' He must be a very old man indeed, considering that the translation was first published in 1767.