THE TACTICS OF AELIAN by Christopher Matthew - 2012-10-01

Pen & Sword Military, 2013. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Pen and Sword, 2012-10-01. Hardcover. Good. 1.0200 9.2100 6.1400.

South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Military, 2013. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket.. 224 p. Audience: General/trade.

Pen and Sword Military, 2013-01-25. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. Dust jacket and book are clean, has a very good binding, no marks or notations.

Pen & Sword Military, 2013. Hardcover. New/New. New hardcover in like DJ. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes glossary, bibliography, index, and illustrations. xx, 227 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Aelian's work on tactics is a hugely significant piece of ancient military literature, yet the last new edition in English was published in 1814. Although writing (in his native Greek) in the second century AD, Aelian drew heavily on earlier works, such as Asclepiodotus, to put together a comprehensive manual of warfare in the Hellenistic period (late 3rd to early 1st centuries BC). His Tactica thus examines all facets of warfare in the period of Alexander the Great's successors, including the arms and armor of cavalry and infantry, formations, commands and signals. Aelian also provides a discussion of the Roman army of the period. As well as being an invaluable source for modern historians studying the Hellenistic period, the book was very influential… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Pen & Sword. New in New dust jacket. 2012. Hardcover. New hardback copies at a reduced price. ; A new translation of the second century manual of warfare of the Hellenistic period (mid-4th to mid-2nd centuries BC) based on the 1552, 1613, 1630, and 1855 editions. With dual-text (Greek & English) translation. Illustrated. ; 227 pages .

Pen & Sword, 2012. Hardcover. New. revised edition. 227 pages. 9.75x7.00x0.75 inches.

Pen and Sword Military, 2013-01-19. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!