The Taktika of Leo VI Free

Author: Leo VI
Edition: Bilingual
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0884023591

The Taktika of Leo VI (Dumbarton Oaks Texts)

Although he probably never set foot on a battlefield, the Byzantine emperor Leo VI (886-912) had a lively interest in military matters. Download The Taktika of Leo VI (Dumbarton Oaks Texts) from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. 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 to move them on campaign and on the battlefield. He included a Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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