USAMHI Biogs RefBranch dh Apr 91; Jun 91 VEGETIUS & HIS TREATISE A Working Bibliography General/Intro..............................p.1 Text and Translations......................p.2 Applications - Late Roman Empire.....................p.2 - Medieval..............................p.3 - Renaissance...........................p.4 - 17th-18th Centuries...................p.5 - 19th Century..........................p.6 - 20th Century..........................p.6 Vegetius' De Re Militari, written about 371-392 A.D., became the most influential military tract in the western world until the 19th century. GENERAL/INTRODUCTORY Anthon, Charles. A Classical Dictionary: Containing an Account of the Principal Proper Names Mentioned in Ancient Authors. NY: Harper, 1841. 1423 p. DE5A86, RareBk. See p. 1374. Jones, A.H.M., Martindale, J.R. and Morns, J., eds. The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire. Vol I: A.D. 260-395. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1971. p. 763. BibFile. Peck, Harry, ed. Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities. NY: Cooper Square, 1965. 1701 p. RefDE5H37, RefColl. See p. 1639. Smith, William, ed. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol III. London: Murray, 1880. 1406 p. DE5D52. p. 1235-6. _________. and Marindin, G.E. A Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology, and Geography. London: Murray, 1899. 1019 p. DE5C52. See p. 989. Vegetius p.2 Watson, G[eorge] R[onald]. "Vegetius Renatus, Flavius." Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon, 1970. pp. 110-11. BibFile. TEXT AND TRANSLATIONS Vegetius (Flavius Vegetius Renatus). Epitome of Military Institutions: Compiled from the Works of Cato, Clesus, Trajan, Hadrian and Frontinus. Rome: Silber, 1494 A.D. U101V42, RareBk. _________. Military Institutions. Trans from orig Latin by LT John Clarke; printed by Griffin, London, 1767. Mimeo copies prepared for 1927-1928 course, U.S. Army War College, Wash, DC. 89 p. U35V44. ________. The Military Institutions of Romans, Flavius Vegetius Renatus: A Military Classic. Ed by Thomas R. Phillips. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole, 1944 & 1960. 114 p. U35V4413. Also appears in Phillips' collection of military classics. Roots of Strategy, pp. 66-175 (U161P54). _________. Military Institutions of Vegetius, in Five Books, Translated from the Latin. Trans by John Clarke. London: Griffin, 1767. 212 p. U101V42, RareBk. APPLICATIONS - LATE ROMAN EMPIRE Ferrill, Arther. The Fall of the Roman Empire: The Military Explanation. London: Thomas & Hudson, 1986. 192 p. DG312F47. See p. 127-32 - appreciative discussion of Vegetius' work. MacMullen, Ramsay. Roman Government's Response to Crisis. New Haven: Yale UP, 1976. 308 p. DG306M3. See p. 25 & 192. Marsden, E.W. Greek and Roman Artillery: Technical Treatises. Oxford: Clarendon, 1971. 277 p. U875M36. See Chaps 7-8. Vegetius p.3 Reyniers, F. "Vegece et l'instruction cadres et de la troupe dans l'armee romaine" Revue Militaire Generale II (Jun 1938): pp. 758-73. Per. Spaulding, Oliver L. Pen and Sword in Greece and Rome. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1937. 151 p. U29S62. See pp. 101-15. _________. "A Roman FSR" Inf Jrnl XLN (Jan-Feb 1937): pp. 29-31. Per. _________, et al. Warfare: A Study of Military Methods from the Earliest Times. NY: Harcourt, 1925. 601 p. U27S6. Watson, G.R. The Roman Soldier. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 1969. 256 p. U35W352. See index. Webster, Graham. The Roman Imperial Army of the First and Second Centuries A.D. NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1969. 330 p. U35W48. See index. Young, Peter. The Fighting Man: From Alexander the Great's Army to the Present Day. NY: Rutledge, 1981. 240 p. U27Y68. See pp. 21-22. - MEDIEVAL Bachrach, Bernards S. "The Practical Use of Vegetius' De Re Militari During the Early Middle Ages." Historian XLVII (Feb 1985): pp. 239-255. Per. Maenchen-Helfen, J. Otto. The World of the Huns: Studies in Their History and Culture. Berkeley: UP of Calif, 1973. 602 p. D141M33. See pp. 185, 204, 215, 270 & 482. Norman, A.V.B. The Medieval Soldier. NY: Crowell, 1971. 278 p. D128NN672. See pp. 151 & 194 on training knights. Oman, C.W.C. The Art of War in the Middle Ages: A.D. 378-1515. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 1953. 176 p. U37042. See pp. 7-9. _________. A History of the Art of War in the Middle Ages. Vol I. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1923. 526 p. U370425. See pp. 17-18. Vegetius p.4 Shrader, Charles R. "The Influence of Vegetius De Re Militari. Mil Affairs XLV (Dec 1981): pp. 167-72. Per. _________. "The Ownership and Distribution of Manuscripts of the De Re Militari of Flavius Vegetius Renatus Before the Year 1300." PhD dss, Columbia Univ, 1976. 415 p. Z6611M6S57. Vale, Malcolm. War and Chivalry: Warfare and Aristocratic Culture in England, France and Burgundy at the End of the Middle Ages. Athen: UP of GA, 1981. 206 p. U43G7V34. Van Creveld, Martin. Technology and War: From 2000 B.C. to the Present. NY: Free, 1989. 342 p. U27V36. See pp. 21 & 142. _________. The Training of Officers: From Military Professionalism to Irrelevance. NY: Free Press, 1990. 134 p. U408V26. See pp. 11-12 on knight training. Verbruggen, J.F. The Art of Warfare in Western Europe During the Middle Ages: From the Eighth Century to 1340. Southern NY: North-Holland, 1977. 321 p. U37V4713. See pp. 5, 33, 85 & 192 on cavalry drill. - RENAISSANCE Baker, Thomas M. The Military Intellectual and Battle: Raimondo Montecuccoli and the Thirty Years War. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1975. 271 p. U39B37. See p. 57 comparing M's use of V w/Machiavelli. Gat, Azar. "Machiavelli and the Decline of the Classical Notion of the Lessons of History in the Study of War." Mil Affairs LII (Oct 1988): pp. 203-5. Per. V. et al adapted to gunpowder era. Gilbert, Felix. "Machiavelli: The Renaissance of the Art of War." Makers of Modern Strategy: Military Thought from Machiavelli to Hitler. Princeton: UP, 1948. pp. 3-25. U39E37. See pp. 16 & 21 on M's reliance on V. Machiavelli, Niccolo. The Art of War. Trans by Ellis Farnsworth. NY: Bobbs-Merrill, 1965. 247 p. U101M3213. Cites V extensively; see index. Ropp, Theodore. War in the Modern World. Durham, NC: Duke UP, 1959. 400 p. U39R646. Notes use of V by Machiavelli & Montesquieu on p. 15. Vegetius p.5 Shrader, Charles R. "The Influence of Vegetius De Re Militari. Mil Affairs XLV (Dec 1981): pp. 167-72. Per. Taylor, F.L. The Art of War in Italy, 1494-1529. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1973. 228 p. U43I8T32. - 17TH-18TH CENTURIES Baker, Jehu, ed & trans. Montesquieu's Considerations on the Causes of the Grandeur and Decadance of the Romans. NY: Appleton, 1882. 526 p. DG210M6613. See Chap 2. Caples, William G. "George Washington's Military Guide." Mil Engineer XIX (May-Jun 1927): pp. 244-247. Per. Gat, Azar. The Origins of Military Thought: From the Enlightenment to Clausewitz. Oxford: Clarendon, 1989. 281 p. U39G38. Houlding, J.A. Fit for Service: The Training of the British Army, 1715-1795. Oxford: Clarendon, 1981. 459 p. U511H68. See pp. 168-9, 220-1. Clarke's trans of V used as manual. Huntington, Samuel P. The Soldier and the State: The Theory and Politics of Civil-Military Relations. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 1957. 534 p. UA115H86. See p. 29 for influence on 17th-18th cent theorists. McNeill, William H. The Pursuit of Power: Technology, Armed Force, and Society Since A.D. 1000. Chicago: UP Chicago, 1982. 405 p. U37M38. See pp. 126-28 on drill in 17th cent Netherlands. Van Creveld, Martin. "A Short History of the Management of Violence." MHQ I (Autumn 1988): pp. 56-65. Per. See esp pp. 57-60. Vegetius p.6 - 19TH CENTURY Graham, J.J. Elementary History of the Progress of the Art of War. London: Bentley, 1858. 336 p. U27G7.2 See pp. 86-87 on V's maxims, "...the most of which are still applicable." Jahns, Max. Geschichte der Kriegswissennschaften Vornehmlich in Deutschland. 3 vols. Munich: Oldenbourg, 1889-91. 2915 p. U27J25. See Vol I, pp. 109-24 & Vol III index. - 20TH CENTURY Delbruck, Hans. Geschichte der Kriegskunst in Rahmen der politischen Gerschichte. Vol 2. Berlin: Stilke, 1921. 508 p. U27D34. See p. 21, 245, 265 (English trans-U27D34213). Dupuy, T.N. Understanding War: History and Theory of Combat. NY: Paragon House, 1987. 312 p. U212D85. See Chap 2, p.9. Fuller, J.F.C. Armament and History: A Study of the Influence of Armament on History from the Dawn of Classical Warfare to the Second World War. NY: Scribner's, 1945. 207 p. U102F84. See pp. 37 & 41 quoting V. on drill & weaponry. _________. "Artillery in the Classical Age: Its Significance to Mechanization in the Twentieth Century." Army Ordnance XIII (Jan-Feb 1933): pp. 201-6. Per(NatDef). Liddell-Hart, Basil, and Adrian, eds. The Sword and the Pen: Selections from the World's Greatest Military Writings. NY: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1976. 282 p. U19S977. See pp. 50-52 by this prominent military historian selection from Book III 105. Millett, John D. "Logistics and Modern War." Mil Affairs IX (Fall, 1945): pp. 193-207. Per. Spaulding, Oliver L. "Curve-Plotting the Art of War: 'The More It Changes, the More It Is the Same.'" Army Ordnance XIV (May-Jun 1934): pp. 348-353. Per(NatDef). See esp pp. 350-352. Turney-High, Harry. The Military: The Theory of Land Warfare as Behavioral Science. West Hanover, MA: Christopher, 1981. 336 p. U27T87. V's principles on pp. 54 & 59.