On Military Matters

From the authors Valerius Maximus, Virgil, Julius Capitolinus, Verrius Flaccus, Varro, Suetonius, Juba original: "Iobba"; Juba II was a King of Mauretania and a prolific scholar, Livy, Seneca, Spartianus, Aelius, Lampridius, Juvenal, Cosentius, Cicero, Quintilian, Labeo, Pomponius, Cassius, Horace, Martial, Plutarch, Lucretius, Ulpian, Gaius, Diodorus, Statius, Aulus Gellius, Jerome, Naevius, Pliny, Sallust, Justin, Caper, Homer, Trebellius Pollio, Pacuvius, Servius, Herodotus, Festus, Quintus Curtius, Julius Hyginus, Euripides, Aristotle, Vegetius the author of the most influential military manual of the Middle Ages, Xenophon the Socratic, Lucan, Acron, Macrobius, Naevius, Priscian, Nonius Marcello, Rabanus, Apuleius, Persius, Aemilius Probus, Lucilius, Ennius, Vitruvius, Solinus, Ammianus Marcellinus, Jeremiah, Fabius Planciades also known as Fulgentius the mythographer, Claudian, Tibullus, Boethius, the Book of Genesis, Phocas, Orosius, Ancona likely referring to Cyriac of Ancona, a traveler and early archaeologist, Josephus, Firmianus Lactantius, an early Christian author, Seneca the Tragedian, Diogenes Laertius, Strato the philosopher, Caesar, Sacred History the Bible, Pindar, Callimachus, Antipater the Stoic, Cornificius, Plato, Eusebius, Propertius, and Petronius.

Chapter Headings of the Eleventh Book.

On naval warfare and who among the Romans was the first to be considered worthy of a naval triumph.

What materials are more useful for building ships, and the proper time for felling timber according to the phases of the moon.

On the nails with which the material is joined and what kind they ought to be.

The first use of ships and their initial forms as approved by the ancients, along with their various names.

Who first invented the separate aids for steering a vessel.

The number of winds, their names, their logic, and their effects.

Nautical astrology according to the observation of the moon, the sun, and the stars.

The prediction of storms from the changes in the elements and from the things that arise from them.

Remedies for those affected by danger at sea.

What must be done before a course is directed against enemies.

What should be done if a fleet is set against another fleet.

The crossing of rivers based on inventions worthy of mention.

Which were the greatest land armies and which were the greatest maritime forces.

The most famous deeds of soldiers on land and at sea from historical reports.

The emulation of glory, the comparison of leaders, and their excellence.

The punishments for deserters and the various penalties for soldiers who do not obey their leaders. From the authors Lucius Piso, Cato, Aristotle, Tibullus, Varro, Caecilius, Africanus, Cicero, Livy, Sallust, Isaiah, David original: "Da"; referring to the King and author of the Psalms...