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Vegetius

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Vegetius (Flavius Vegetius Renatus) (vĭjē`shəs), fl. c.385–400, Roman writer. He is the author of Epitoma rei militaris [a summary of military matters], which is an important source of information about the Roman military system.
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The work of which he speaks actually dates from the thirteenth century and, according to Sabbadini, was extracted from the authentic De re militari of Vegetius, the famed Roman writer on military matters in the early fifth century CE.
Creating canons in fifteenth-century Ferrara: Angelo Decembrio's De ... by Celenza, Christopher S. / Renaissance Quarterly
Roman general Vegetius is credited with having coined this phrase.
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In the Fourth Century, Vegetius wrote "Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum"-Let him who desires peace, prepare for war (Brandt, page 1).
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