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Aeneas Tacticus ( grc-gre, Αἰνείας ὁ Τακτικός; fl. 4th century BC) was one of the earliest 
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Aeneas Tacticus
(complete text, Greek and English translation)
How to Survive Under Siege
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Greek
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writers on the art of war
''The Art of War'' () is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the Late Spring and Autumn Period (roughly 5th century BC). The work, which is attributed to the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu ("Master Sun"), is comp ...
and is credited as the first author to provide a complete guide to securing military communications. Polybius described his design for a hydraulic semaphore system.
According to Aelianus Tacticus
Aelianus Tacticus ( grc-gre, Αἰλιανὸς ὀ Τακτικός; fl. 2nd century AD), also known as Aelian (), was a Greek military writer who lived in Rome.
Work
Aelian's military treatise in fifty-three chapters on the tactics of the Gre ...
and Polybius, he wrote a number of treatises () on the subject. The only extant one, ''How to Survive under Siege'' ( grc, Περὶ τοῦ πῶς χρὴ πολιορκουμένους ἀντέχειν, ), deals with the best methods of defending a fortified city. An epitome of the whole was made by Cineas
Cineas ( el, Κινέας) was a man from Thessaly and an important adviser of King Pyrrhus. He had a reputation for great wisdom and was a pupil of Demosthenes the orator and was the only man who could be compared in skill with Demosthenes. Py ...
, minister of Pyrrhus, king of Epirus. The work is chiefly valuable as containing a large number of historical illustrations.
Aeneas was considered by Isaac Casaubon
Isaac Casaubon (; ; 18 February 1559 – 1 July 1614) was a classical scholar and philologist, first in France and then later in England.
His son Méric Casaubon was also a classical scholar.
Life Early life
He was born in Geneva to two Fr ...
to have been a contemporary of Xenophon
Xenophon of Athens (; grc, Ξενοφῶν ; – probably 355 or 354 BC) was a Greek military leader, philosopher, and historian, born in Athens. At the age of 30, Xenophon was elected commander of one of the biggest Greek mercenary armies o ...
and identical with the Arcadian general Aeneas of Stymphalus
In Greek mythology, Stymphalus or Stymphalos (Ancient Greek: Στύμφαλος or Στύμφαλον) may refer to the following personages:
* Stymphalus, an Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King Lycaon either by the naiad ...
, whom Xenophon (''Hellenica'', vii.3) mentions as fighting at the Battle of Mantinea (362 BC)
The (second) Battle of Mantinea or Mantineia was fought on 4 July 362 BC between the Thebans, led by Epaminondas and supported by the Arcadians and the Boeotian league against the Spartans, led by King Agesilaus II and supported by the Eleans ...
.
References
Further reading
*''Aeneas Tacticus, Asclepiodotus, Onasander''. Translated by Illinois Greek Club. Loeb Classical Library. * Whitehead, David. 2002, ''Aineias the Tactician: How to Survive Under Siege''. Second edition (First edition 1990). Bristol Classical Press. . * Jenkins, Thomas E. 2006. "Epistolary Warfare" in ''Intercepted Letters: Epistolarity and Narrative in Greek and Roman Literature. ''Lexington Books. pp. 51–59. .'' * Kai Brodersen: Aineias/Aeneas Tacticus. Poliorketika (Tusculum). Greek and German. De Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2017, . See also Chisholm 1911 for a long list of editions and commentaries.External links
Aeneas Tacticus
(complete text, Greek and English translation)
How to Survive Under Siege
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