Stratagems of War

by Polyaenus, Richard Shepherd (translator)

This is a reprint of a translation from 1793.

Genres: History

402 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1974

Reviews

[John Cairns · Rating 4 out of 5]

He gets onto the Romans and provides information unavailable in more general narratives or different like Scipio's training of his army in Spain, how Marius defeated the Cimbri, who barely spoke a human language, and Caesar's ways with his men, fellow-soldiers. He ends with women's stratagem's. I particularly like the Persian women's asking their cowardly men did they want to go back where they came from.