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'''Aeneas Tacticus''' ({{lang-grc-gre|Αινείας ο Τακτικός}} ''Enías o Taktikós''; fl. 4th century BC) was one of the earliest [[Greek people|Greek]] writers on the [[military strategy|art of war]] and is credited as the first author to provide a complete guide to securing military communications.<ref>{{cite book|last=Newton|first=David E.|title=Encyclopedia of Cryptography|year=1997|publisher=Instructional Horizons, Inc.|location=Santa Barbara California|pages=7}}</ref> [[Polybius]] described his design for a [[Hydraulic telegraph#Greek hydraulic semaphore system|hydraulic semaphore system]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2016}} |
'''Aeneas Tacticus''' ({{lang-grc-gre|Αινείας ο Τακτικός}} ''Enías o Taktikós''; fl. 4th century BC) was one of the earliest [[Greek people|Greek]] writers on the [[military strategy|art of war]] and is credited as the first author to provide a complete guide to securing military communications.<ref>{{cite book|last=Newton|first=David E.|title=Encyclopedia of Cryptography|year=1997|publisher=Instructional Horizons, Inc.|location=Santa Barbara California|pages=7}}</ref> [[Polybius]] described his design for a [[Hydraulic telegraph#Greek hydraulic semaphore system|hydraulic semaphore system]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2016}} |
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According to [[Aelianus Tacticus]] and [[Polybius]], he wrote a number of treatises ({{lang|grc|Υπομνήματα}} '' |
According to [[Aelianus Tacticus]] and [[Polybius]], he wrote a number of treatises ({{lang|grc|Υπομνήματα}} ''Ipomnímata'') on the subject. The only extant one, ''How to Survive under Siege'' ([[Ancient Greek|Greek]]: {{lang|grc|Περί τού πώς χρή πολιορκουμένους άντέχειν}} ''Perí toú pós khrí poliorkouménous ádékhin''), deals with the best methods of defending a fortified city. An epitome of the whole was made by [[Cineas]], minister of [[Pyrrhus of Epirus|Pyrrhus, king of Epirus]]. The work is chiefly valuable as containing a large number of historical illustrations.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=1|wstitle=Aeneas Tacticus|volume=1|page=257}}</ref> |
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Aeneas was considered by [[Isaac Casaubon]] to have been a contemporary of [[Xenophon]] and identical with the Arcadian general Aeneas of [[Stymphalus (Arcadia)|Stymphalus]], whom Xenophon (''Hellenica'', vii.3) mentions as fighting at the [[Battle of Mantinea (362 BC)]].<ref name="EB1911"/> |
Aeneas was considered by [[Isaac Casaubon]] to have been a contemporary of [[Xenophon]] and identical with the Arcadian general Aeneas of [[Stymphalus (Arcadia)|Stymphalus]], whom Xenophon (''Hellenica'', vii.3) mentions as fighting at the [[Battle of Mantinea (362 BC)]].<ref name="EB1911"/> |
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Aeneas Tacticus (Greek: Αινείας ο Τακτικός Enías o Taktikós; fl. 4th century BC) was one of the earliest Greek writers on the art of war and is credited as the first author to provide a complete guide to securing military communications.[1] Polybius described his design for a hydraulic semaphore system.[citation needed]
According to Aelianus Tacticus and Polybius, he wrote a number of treatises (Υπομνήματα Ipomnímata) on the subject. The only extant one, How to Survive under Siege (Greek: Περί τού πώς χρή πολιορκουμένους άντέχειν Perí toú pós khrí poliorkouménous ádékhin), deals with the best methods of defending a fortified city. An epitome of the whole was made by Cineas, minister of Pyrrhus, king of Epirus. The work is chiefly valuable as containing a large number of historical illustrations.[2]
Aeneas was considered by Isaac Casaubon to have been a contemporary of Xenophon and identical with the Arcadian general Aeneas of Stymphalus, whom Xenophon (Hellenica, vii.3) mentions as fighting at the Battle of Mantinea (362 BC).[2]
References
- ^ Newton, David E. (1997). Encyclopedia of Cryptography. Santa Barbara California: Instructional Horizons, Inc. p. 7.
- ^ a b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Aeneas Tacticus". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 257.
Further reading
- Aeneas Tacticus, Asclepiodotus, Onasander. Translated by Illinois Greek Club. Loeb Classical Library. ISBN 0-674-99172-9
- Whitehead, David. 2002, Aineias the Tactician: How to Survive Under Siege. Second edition (First edition 1990). Bristol Classical Press. ISBN 978-1-85399-627-6.
- Jenkins, Thomas E. 2006. "Epistolary Warfare" in Intercepted Letters: Epistolarity and Narrative in Greek and Roman Literature. Lexington Books. pp. 51–59. ISBN 978-0-7391-1714-9.
- Kai Brodersen: Aineias/Aeneas Tacticus. Poliorketika (Tusculum). Greek and German. De Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2017, ISBN 978-3-11-054423-7.
See also Chisholm 1911 for a long list of editions and commentaries.
External links
- Aeneas Tacticus (complete text, Greek and English translation)
- How to Survive Under Siege
