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

tion: Paris, 1739, ^^"-^ Italian translation by Mutoni, Vinegia, 1552, 8",
and another by Carani of the same place, date, and size.' An English translation
by R. Shepherd, London, 1793, fol.
MoDESTus {circa a.d. 200-300), a Latin author, is known to us by his
short, but valuable vocabulary of terms used in the drilling and manoeuvring
of the phalanx, entitled " Libellus de vocabularis rei militaris", and dedicated
to the Emperor Tacitus. Modestus has been accused of having copied
from Vegetius, who wrote a century later. First printed edition, undated,
Rome [1474],
4°. Others: Venice, 1474,4°; Leyden, 1593 and 1612,4**;
Basle, 1595, 12°; the two last, with Cheke's Latin translation of Leo VL
For editions with Vegetius, Frontinus, and ^lian, see No. 3.
Africanus, Sextus Julius (3rd cent, after Christ). Great doubts have
been expressed as to his being the
author of the work entitled ** Kfo-ro* ", in
which some military writings appear amongst others. Thevenot was the
first to print the military fragments, which appeared again, Florence, 1746,
in a colledion made by Meursius. French translation, with notes, by Guischardt,
Berlin, 1773, fol., and Paris, 1774, 8°.
Apsyrtus, or Absyrtus (^circa a.d. 322), a Greek writer on the veterinary
art, according to Suidas accompanied Constantine in his expedition to
the Danube, though which Constantine is not stated; but as Apsyrtus is
spoken of by Vegetius, it was in all probability Constantine the Great.
Only fragments of his treatise remain, which were printed by Ruellius in
1 530 (Paris, fol.), and by Grynaeus in 1 537 (Basle, 4°). There are said to be
translations in French, German, and Italian.
Vegetius (a.d. 375-392). The most popular of all ancient military
writers. See No. 17.
AscLEPioDOTus {ctrca a.d. 450), who was a celebrated disciple of
Proclus, wrote on tadbics. A fragment of the work of Asclepiodotus was
printed for the first time in the " Spicilegium Romanum" (Rome, 1840, 8°).
Nothing is known of the private history of
Orbicius {circa a.d. 500).
this writer, nor of the date of his writing ; but a fragment of his military
vocabulary, containing some words used in
included in
connection with the phalanx, is
the " Etymologicum Magnum" (printed by Aldus, 1524, fol.,*
half a column on f.
77 ; and Basle, 1522, fol., edited by Curio), a didionary
said to have been drawn up as early as the tenth cent. The short treatise
at the end of Onosander's work is ascribed by some to the Emperor Hadrian,
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Reprinted Paris, 1851,8°.
Reprinted Milano, 1819, 8°.
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The first printed edition of the diftionary (Aldus, 1497) did not include this fragment.
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