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'de Re Militari' By Vegetius

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http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~madsb/home/war/vegetius/

 

I thought some of you might be interested in this. It's an online version of the military manual written by Vegetius during the late Empire. It's very short and really interesting.

 

It really describes how very different and inferior the army was in this period. Some soldiers apparently refused to wear their armour, except their shield (even in battle!).

 

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By that period, the western Roman army was inundated by 'Barbarian' culture. For all intensive purposes it was almost not really Roman anymore.

 

Vegetius is an excellent read. He is sometimes discredited, as he himself never served the Legions, but all in all he's an invaluable resouce.

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