Vegetius\' late Roman Text became a well known and highly respected \'classic\' in the Middle Ages, transformed by its readers into the authority on the waging of war.
While emphasising that success depended on a commander\'s ab.
Christopher Allmand analyses the medieval afterlife of the De Re Militari, tracing the growing interest in the Text from the Carolingian world to the late Middle Ages, suggesting how the written word may have influenced the development of military practice in that period.
Vegetius\' late Roman Text became a well known and highly respected \'classic\' in the Middle Ages, transformed by its readers into the authority on the waging of war