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date: 23 January 2025

De Re Militari 

Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
Author(s):
Eric McGeerEric McGeer

(On Warfare), conventional title of an anonymous, untitled military treatise dealing with campaign tactics mainly but not exclusively beyond the northwestern frontiers of the empire. The author, a plain stylist and an experienced soldier, envisions an army of about 25,000 men under the emperor's personal command and sets forth the proper procedures for preparing the expeditionary ... ...

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