Aeneas Tacticus

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title: Aeneas Tacticus
text: Aeneas Tacticus 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. Polybius described his design for a hydraulic semaphore system. According to Aelianus Tacticus and Polybius, he wrote a number of treatises (Ὑπομνήματα) on the subject. The only extant one, How to Survive under Siege, deals with the best methods of defending a fortified city. An epitome of the whole was made by Cineas, minist
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description: 4th century BC Greek writer
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