Let all be present and expect the palm, the prize of victory. We die today not only for our friends and family but for our gods and for our forefathers and men before them so pray to them to make us victorious Let him who desires peace prepare for war
What can a soldier do who charges when out of breath?įew men are born brave, many become so through training and force of discipline.Īn ambuscade, if discovered and promptly surrounded, will repay the intended mischief with interestĪ general is not easily overcome who can form a true judgement of his own and the enemy's forces. He is famous for his books Epitoma rei militaris, and Digesta Artis Mulomedicinae.Īn adversary is more hurt by desertion than by slaughter. Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, commonly known simply as Vegetius, was a Roman writer from the 4th Century.
