The Taktika of Leo VI by Leo VI

The Taktika of Leo VI



Download The Taktika of Leo VI



The Taktika of Leo VI Leo VI ebook
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Page: 712
ISBN: 9780884023593


Although he probably never set foot on a battlefield, the Byzantine emperor Leo VI (886—912) had a lively interest in military matters. Successor to Caesar Augustus, Constantine, and Justinian, he was expected to be victorious in war and to subject barbarian peoples to Rome, so he set out to acquire a solid knowledge of military equipment and practice. The Byzantines had inherited a voluminous series of military treatises from antiquity on nearly every aspect of warfare, from archery to battle formations and the art of besieging or defending. Leo intended to review all this, summarize it, and present an elementary handbook for his officers on how to prepare soldiers for war and how...

MORE EBOOKS:







Tags: The Taktika of Leo VI ebook pdf epub djvu mobi rar
The Taktika of Leo VI pdf epub djvu free download
Download The Taktika of Leo VI free ebook pdf epub
The Taktika of Leo VI read online free book
The Taktika of Leo VI cheap ebook for kindle and nook
Leo VI ebooks and audio books
The Taktika of Leo VI download pdf epub rar rapidshare mediafire fileserve 4shared torrent depositfiles scribd