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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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As Flavius Vegetius observed 1700 years ago, "If you desire peace, prepare for war".
Scholars of more traditionally defined "Renaissance" humanism will benefit from Wakelin's longer and thus tempered view of the usual claim to sixteenth-century novelty; likewise, medievalists curious about later uses made of Vegetius, Boccaccio, or Chartier, not to mention Cicero and Seneca, will benefit from a look at the divergent afterlives presented here.
The evidence comes from the Roman writer Vegetius, whose Epitome of Military Science, written around the 4th Century, is the only account of Roman military practice to have survived intact.
 
 
 
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