A bibliography of English military books up to 1642 and of ...
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formations <strong>of</strong> the Persians, Turks, etc. Bk. XII. On points appertaining<br />
<strong>to</strong> a battle. Leo VI. may be said <strong>to</strong> have built <strong>up</strong> his work on this ; he has<br />
borrowed the whole <strong>of</strong> Bk. II. First printed by Scheffer, with Arrian's<br />
*'Tadics", Upsalias, 1664, 8**, Greek <strong>and</strong> Latin.<br />
Leo VI., Emperor <strong>of</strong> the East (a.d. 866-912), wrote a famous book on<br />
tadics. He has been accused by Guischardt <strong>of</strong> borrowing from Onos<strong>and</strong>er<br />
without acknowledgment,* <strong>and</strong>, by a transla<strong>to</strong>r <strong>of</strong> Vegetius, <strong>of</strong> copying from<br />
Julius Africanus ; <strong>and</strong> there is no denying that he <strong>to</strong>ok extensively from the<br />
" Strategica " <strong>of</strong> Maurice.^ Leo's work is, however, <strong>of</strong> the greatest value<br />
his explanations, especially concerning battle formations, are well given, <strong>and</strong><br />
on this point he has s<strong>up</strong>plied us with information <strong>to</strong> be met with in no other<br />
writer. A Latin translation by Sir John Cheke, Basle, 1554,<br />
1595,<br />
16°; Basle,<br />
12°; <strong>and</strong> Leyden, 1612, 4° (with the Greek text <strong>of</strong> Meursius), reissued,<br />
ibid., 16 13, <strong>and</strong> reprinted, 1741, fol. Italian translation, by Pigafetta,<br />
Venice, 1602, 4°. French translation, by Joly de Maizeroy, Paris, 1771,<br />
8°.^<br />
CoNSTANTiNE VII. (a.d. 9i5-959)> son <strong>of</strong> Leo VI., is s<strong>up</strong>posed about<br />
A.D. 951 <strong>to</strong> have re-edited one <strong>of</strong> his father's treatises. His own treatise,<br />
entitled "Iltpt Qt[Axruv*\ was printed Leyden, 1588, 8**; Paris, 1609, 8";<br />
<strong>and</strong> by B<strong>and</strong>uri, Paris, 171 1, <strong>and</strong> Venice, 1729, fols. All have Latin<br />
translations.<br />
Hero the Younger (circa a.d. 950), also called Mechanicus, or <strong>of</strong><br />
Byzantium, made a compilation on machines <strong>of</strong> war from the writings <strong>of</strong><br />
Athenaeus, Bi<strong>to</strong>, Hero the Elder, <strong>and</strong> ApoUodorus. It is in two parts, (i)<br />
On preparations for a defence,<br />
<strong>and</strong> (2) Examples from his<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>to</strong> illustrate<br />
the first part, taken from Polybius, Arrian, Josephus, <strong>and</strong> others.<br />
The first<br />
part is <strong>of</strong> particular value, being derived from the lost writings <strong>of</strong> ^neas<br />
<strong>and</strong> Philo. First printed in a Latin translation by Barozzi, Venice, 1572,<br />
4**; afterwards by Thevenot <strong>and</strong> by Wescher, <strong>and</strong> in Harles' edition <strong>of</strong><br />
Fabricius. Re-edited by T. H. Martin, Paris, 1854. French translation by<br />
E. Caillemer (« Proc. Soc. d'Emulation ", 1872).<br />
Nicephorus Phocas, afterwards Emperor <strong>of</strong> the East (reigning a.d.<br />
963-969), wrote a treatise, " Tltpi napa^po/x») IIoXejuov" (De VelitationeBellica),<br />
on Outposts <strong>and</strong> Frontier operations mainly in Asia Minor. Printed for the<br />
*<br />
"Memoires Militaires ", vol. ii., p. 51.<br />
'<br />
Maizeroy, " Institutions Militaires de TEmpereur Leon." Pref., p. xlvi.<br />
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Another French translation, by Liskenne <strong>and</strong> Sauvan, Paris, 1851. A German translation,<br />
Wien, 1 78 1, 8°. For remarks on Maurice <strong>and</strong> Leo, see "His<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>of</strong> the Art <strong>of</strong><br />
War", by Charles Oman, London, 1 898, 8°, bk. iv., chaps, i.-iii.<br />
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