The term ''Tactica'' or ''Taktika'' ( el, Τακτικά) can refer to:
Two
Byzantine military treatises on tactics and strategy:
* the
Tactica of Emperor Leo VI the Wise
The ''Tactica'' ( el, Τακτικά) is a military treatise written by or on behalf of Eastern Roman Emperor Leo VI the Wise in c. 895–908 and later edited by his son, Constantine VII.Edward N. Luttwak, ''The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine E ...
, written in the early 10th century and attributed to the emperor
Leo VI the Wise
Leo VI, called the Wise ( gr, Λέων ὁ Σοφός, Léōn ho Sophós, 19 September 866 – 11 May 912), was Byzantine Emperor from 886 to 912. The second ruler of the Macedonian dynasty (although his parentage is unclear), he was very well ...
* the
Tactica of Nikephoros Ouranos, written in the early 11th century by
Nikephoros Ouranos
Nikephoros Ouranos ( el, Νικηφόρος Οὐρανός; fl. c. 980 – c. 1010), Latinized as Nicephorus Uranus, was a high-ranking Byzantine official and general during the reign of Emperor Basil II (r. 976–1025). One of the emperor's clo ...
, a Byzantine general
The treatises on administrative structure, court protocol and precedence written in the Byzantine Empire, collectively called "''Taktika''". These were:
* the ''
Taktikon Uspensky
The ''Taktikon Uspensky'' or ''Uspenskij'' is the conventional name of a mid-9th century Greek list of the civil, military and ecclesiastical offices of the Byzantine Empire and their precedence at the imperial court. Nicolas Oikonomides has dated ...
'', written c. 842
* the ''
Kletorologion
The ''Klētorologion'' of Philotheos ( el, Κλητορολόγιον), is the longest and most important of the Byzantine lists of offices and court precedence ('' Taktika'').. It was published in September 899 during the reign of Emperor Leo VI ...
'' of Philotheos, written in 899
* the ''
Taktikon Benešević'', written in 934–944
* the ''
Escorial Taktikon
The ''Escorial Taktikon'' (other spellings: ''Escurial Taktikon'', ''Escorial Tacticon'', ''Escurial Tacticon''), also known as the ''Taktikon Oikonomides'' after Nicolas Oikonomides who first edited it, is a list of Byzantine offices, dignities, ...
'' or ''Taktikon Oikonomides'' after its first editor, written c. 971–975
* the "Book of Offices" (''Taktikon'') of
pseudo-Kodinos
George Kodinos or Codinus ( el, Γεώργιος Κωδινός), also Pseudo-Kodinos, ''kouropalates'' in the Byzantine court, is the reputed 14th-century author of three extant works in late Byzantine literature.
Their attribution to him is mere ...
, written in the mid-14th century
Firearms
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Saiga Taktika, a Russian combat shotgun
Vehicle
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Alvis Tactica
The Alvis Tactica is a 4x4 or 6x6 wheeled military vehicle produced by GKN Defense, Alvis plc and later by BAE Systems Land Systems. The vehicle was designed by Glover Webb and introduced in 1988. It comes in a number of variants including ...
, British produced military vehicle
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