Urbicius' Epitedeuma: an edition, translation and commentary

Urbicius' Epitedeuma is a short pamphlet offering military advice during the reign of the emperor Anastasius (491–518). Although it is included in some of the manuscripts of Maurice's Strategikon , it was not printed by Dennis and Gamillscheg in their recent edition. The only modern text w...

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Authors: Greatrex, Geoffrey (Author) ; Elton, Hugh (Author) ; Burgess, Richard (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2005
In: Byzantinische Zeitschrift
Year: 2005, Volume: 98, Issue: 1, Pages: 35-74
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Summary:Urbicius' Epitedeuma is a short pamphlet offering military advice during the reign of the emperor Anastasius (491–518). Although it is included in some of the manuscripts of Maurice's Strategikon , it was not printed by Dennis and Gamillscheg in their recent edition. The only modern text we know of was published by Mihăescu in his 1970 edition of Maurice's Strategikon , along with a Romanian translation. The next most recent text of Urbicius is in Scheffer's 1664 edition. Furthermore, the most easily accessible English discussion of Urbicius, in PLRE 2, contains several errors. Here we present an introduction to, a text and English translation of, and commentary on, this neglected work.
ISSN:1868-9027
Contains:Enthalten in: Byzantinische Zeitschrift
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/BYZS.2005.35