The defeat of Adrianople (378 AD) was a key moment in the history of the Roman Empire. The people of that time perceived this event as a point of no return. Vegetius and the anonymous author of the De rebus bellicis sought solutions to the state of military crisis. In his Epitoma rei militaris, Vegetius proposed a return to the values of the antiqua legio and to the ancient military structures; the anonymous author of the De rebus bellicis invented fantastic war machines, which he thought could be used to scare and destabilize the barbarians who threatened the Roman Empire.
Inventori di guerra nella tarda antichità
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2022-01-01
Abstract
The defeat of Adrianople (378 AD) was a key moment in the history of the Roman Empire. The people of that time perceived this event as a point of no return. Vegetius and the anonymous author of the De rebus bellicis sought solutions to the state of military crisis. In his Epitoma rei militaris, Vegetius proposed a return to the values of the antiqua legio and to the ancient military structures; the anonymous author of the De rebus bellicis invented fantastic war machines, which he thought could be used to scare and destabilize the barbarians who threatened the Roman Empire.File in questo prodotto:
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