A bibliography of English military books up to 1642 and of ...

ANCIENT TECHNICAL WRITERS.
Xenophon (b. circa b.c. 431) wrote two technical treatises, one on
the " Hipparch ", or Athenian General of Cavalry, which is
the most important
existing source of information on the
of that time ;
tadics of the Attic cavalry
the other on " Horsemanship ", containing descriptions of the
barbing, training, and treatment of horses,
and of the arms and armour of
the troopers. Much may be learned, besides, of the great principles of
warfare, and of the organization and tadics of the Persians and Greeks
from the " Cyrupaedia", the "Anabasis", and " The Polity of the Lacedaemonians",
which was written between b.c. 387 and 378.' The last contains
information concerning the encampments, evolutions, etc., of the Lacedaemonians.
There are English translations of the " Cyrupaedia " by Philemon
Holland, London, 1 632, fol., and one of the " Anabasis " by John Bingham,
London, 1623, fol. The two technical treatises were printed with the
complete works, Florence, 15 16, fol.
^NEAS, called Tadicus {circa B.C. 367-366), is generally considered the
earliest technical military writer of whom we have any knowledge. From
references in Polybius and Suidas, we learn that he lived at the commencement
of the reign of Philip of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great.
All that now remains of his work is one fragment, "A treatise on the
defence of places", which, according to ^lian, has come down to us in a
much abridged form. It was printed (with a Latin translation) in Casaubon's
edition of Polybius, Paris, 1609, fol., and afterwards at Frankfort, 16 10 and
1 6 1
9, and Amsterdam, 1670, 8*^; and with ^Elian, Frontinus, and Vegetius,
Leyden, 1644, 8°; also in Schryver's " Veteres de re militari scriptores",
Vesalias, 1670, 8**. French translations by Beausobre, Amsterdam, 1757,
4'', and by d'Aiglun, with notes, Besan^on, 1 87 1 -7 2, 4°.
German translation
'
H. G. Dakyn's "The Works of Xenophon ", London, 1897, 8°, 4 vols.
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