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The Strategikon may have been written in an effort to codify the military reforms brought about by the soldier-emperor Maurice. The true authorship of the Strategikon is still debated among academics. Maurice may have only commissioned it and perhaps his brother Peter or, more likely, another general was the true author. The date also remains ...
The Strategikon [11] attributed to the Emperor Maurice (r. 582–602) was compiled in the late sixth century. It is a large twelve-book compendium treating all aspects of contemporary land warfare. It is a large twelve-book compendium treating all aspects of contemporary land warfare.
Maurice is traditionally named as author of the military treatise Strategikon. Some historians now believe the Strategikon is the work of his brother or another general in his court, however. [68] [69] Historian C. W. Previté-Orton believes his greatest weakness was his inability to judge how unpopular his decisions were.
Strategicon or Strategikon may refer to: The Strategikon of Maurice, a sixth-century Byzantine manual of war; The Strategikon of Kekaumenos, an eleventh-century Byzantine manual of war; Strategicon (gaming conventions), a series held in California
The Strategikon of the Emperor Maurikios, from the end of the 6th century, describes the cavalry tactics, organization, and equipment of the East Roman army towards the end of this period. [1] The De re militari of Vegetius , probably from the beginning of the 5th century, calls for reform of the West Roman army, which was similar to the East ...
The Praecepta Militaria [1] is the Latin conventional title given to a Byzantine military treatise, written in ca. 965 by or on behalf of Eastern Roman emperor Nikephoros Phokas (r. 963-969).
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The term phoulkon is first attested to in the Strategikon of Maurice, [2] a military manual written in the 590s. Written in Greek, the author of the Strategikon "also frequently employed Latin and other terms which have been in common military use", as Latin continued to be the language of the army at that time. [3]