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Title page COPYRIGHT The Translation The General
PROOEMIUM I. THE CHOICE OF A GENERAL II. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD GENERAL III. THE GENERAL’S ADVISORY COUNCIL IV. THE NECESSITY OF A REASONABLE CAUSE FOR WAR V. PROPITIATION OF THE DIVINE POWER BY THE GENERAL BEFORE LEADING THE ARMY INTO BATTLE VI. ON MAINTAINING MILITARY FORMATION VII. ON LEADING AN ARMY THROUGH NARROW DEFILES VIII. ON MAKING A PALISADED CAMP IX. ON CONTINUALLY CHANGING CAMP X. (1) THE NEED FOR CONTROLLING THE ARMY IN TIME OF PEACE XI. (1) PURSUIT OF AN APPARENTLY FLEEING ENEMY MUST NOT BE CARELESS AND HAPHAZARD XII. MEAL-TIMES XIII. COURAGE ON THE PART OF THE GENERAL WHEN IN ADVERSITY XIV. (1) WHEN ONE’S OWN ARMY MUST BE MADE TO FEAR THE ENEMY XV. THE DIFFERENCE IN BATTLE FORMATIONS XVI. BATTLE FORMATION WITH REGARD TO THAT OF THE ENEMY XVII. PLACING THE LIGHT-ARMED TROOPS, JAVELIN-THROWERS, BOWMEN AND SLINGERS, BEFORE THE PHALANX XVIII. DISPOSITION OF LIGHT-ARMED TROOPS IN A BROKEN COUNTRY XIX. THE PHALANX SHOULD LEAVE INTERVALS FOR THE LIGHT-ARMED TROOPS TO RETIRE THROUGH THE RANKS XX. HOW TO ATTACK, WITHOUT LIGHT-ARMED TROOPS, AN ENEMY WHO HAS MANY XXI. THE NEEDLESSNESS OF LENGTHENING THE PHALANX IN FEAR OF AN ENCIRCLING MOVEMENT OF THE ENEMY XXII. HOLDING RESERVES FOR THE ASSISTANCE OF EXHAUSTED TROOPS. HOLDING RESERVES IN CONCEALMENT XXIII. ANNOUNCING FAVOURABLE NEWS IN THE MIDST OF BATTLE; EVEN IF FALSE IT IS ADVANTAGEOUS XXIV. IN THE RANKS FRIENDS MUST BE PLACED BY FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES BY ACQUAINTANCES XXV. THE GENERAL MUST NOT GIVE THE SIGNAL FOR BATTLE OR ANY OTHER ACTION TO HIS ARMY IN PERSON BUT THROUGH HIS OFFICERS XXVI. ON GIVING BOTH WATCHWORDS AND COUNTERSIGNS XXVII. SOLDIERS SHOULD NEVER LEAVE THE RANKS WHETHER IN FORMATION OR IN RETREAT XXVIII. THE GENERAL MUST BE ATTENTIVE TO THE SPLENDOUR OF THE ARMY’S EQUIPMENT XXIX. SHOUTING IN THE MIDST OF BATTLE XXX. THE GENERAL MUST DECIDE BEFORE BATTLE WHO SHOULD OPPOSE WHOM AND THUS IN ORDER ARRANGE HIS OWN OFFICERS AGAINST THOSE OF THE ENEMY XXXI. NARROW PLACES MUST BE CHOSEN IF THE ENEMY ARE SUPERIOR IN CAVALRY XXXII. THE GENERAL MUST DO NOTHING RASH XXXIII. THE GENERAL SHOULD NOT HIMSELF ENTER BATTLE XXXIV. CONFERRING REWARDS PROPORTIONAL TO THE VALOUR OF EACH XXXV. (1) INDISCRIMINATE PILLAGE MUST NOT ALWAYS BE PERMITTED; PRISONERS MUST NOT BE REGARDED AS LOOT, BUT MUST BE SOLD BY THE GENERAL XXXVI. (1) ON THE BURIAL OF THE FALLEN XXXVII. PRECAUTIONS IN TIME OF PEACE XXXVIII. (1) TREATMENT OF SURRENDERED CITIES WITH TRUST AND HUMANITY XXXIX. (1) ON THE GENERAL’S KNOWLEDGE OF THE COURSES OF THE STARS XL. SIEGES XLI. AMBUSH LAID BY THE BESIEGER BEFORE THE GATES OF A TOWN XLII. (1) FEAR IS A FALSE PROPHET
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ΠΡΟΟΙΜΙΟΝ I. Περὶ αἱρέσεως στρατηγοῦ II. Περὶ ἀγαθοῦ στρατηγοῦ διαίρεσις III. Περὶ τοῦ ἔχειν τὸν στρατηγὸν βουλευτάς IV. Περὶ τοῦ ὅτι δεῖ τὴν ἀρχὴν τοῦ πολέμου ἐξ εὐλόγου αἰτίας ἐπάγειν V. Περὶ τοῦ ἐξιλεοῦσθαι πρῶτον ὑπὲρ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν τὸ θεῖον ὁ στρατηγὸς ἐξάγων εἰς πόλεμον VI. Περὶ τοῦ ἄγειν ἐν τάξει τὸ στρατόπεδον VII. Περὶ τοῦ ὅταν διὰ στενῶν μέλλῃ τὸ στρατόπεδον ἄγειν VIII. Περὶ τοῦ ποιεῖν χάρακα IX. Περὶ τοῦ συνεχῶς ὑπαλλάσσειν τὰ ἄπληκτα X. α´. Περὶ τοῦ δεῖν γυμνάζειν τὸν στρατὸν ἀδείας οὔσης XI. α´. Περὶ τοῦ ὅτι δεῖ τῶν πολεμίων σχηματιζομένων φεύγειν μὴ ἁπλῶς καὶ ὡς ἔτυχεν ἔχεσθαι τῆς διώξεως XΙI. Περὶ ἀριστοποιΐας XIII. Περὶ τοῦ εἶναι τὸν στρατηγὸν εὔθυμον ἐν ταῖς δυσπραγίαις XIV. α´. Πότε δεῖ φόβον ἐμβάλλειν τῷ στρατεύματι τῷ ἰδίῳ τὸν ἀπὸ τῶν ἐναντίων XV. Ὅτι διαφοραὶ πολλαὶ τῶν τάξεων XVI. Ὅτι πρὸς τὸ ἀντιπόλεμον καὶ τὸ ἴδιον συντάξει XVII. Ὅτι τοὺς ψιλοὺς ἀκοντιστὰς καὶ τοξότας καὶ σφενδονιστὰς πρώτους στήσει τῆς φάλαγγος XVIII. Περὶ τοῦ ἐν τοῖς τραχέσι τόποις τάττειν τοὺς ψιλούς XIX. Περὶ τοῦ χωρία ἔχειν τὰς παρατάξεις δι’ ὧν ὀφείλουσιν οἱ ψιλοὶ ἐντὸς τῶν κοντῶν εἰσερχόμενοι ὑποστέλλεσθαι XX. Ὅπως δεῖ, ἐὰν ἀπορῇ ψιλῆς συμμαχίας ὁ στρατηγός, οἱ δὲ πολέμιοι εὐπορῶσιν, ἐπιφέρεσθαι αὐτοῖς XXI. Περὶ τοῦ μὴ εἰς πολὺ μῆκος ἐκτείνειν τὴν φάλαγγα τὰς κυκλώσεις τῶν ἐναντίων φοβουμένους XXII. Περὶ τοῦ ἔχειν κεχωρισμένους ἐπιλέκτους εἰς βοήθειαν τῶν καταπονουμένων. περὶ τοῦ ἔχειν ἐγκρύμματα XXIII. Περὶ τοῦ ἐν τῶν καιρῷ αὐτῷ τῆς μάχης ἐκφωνεῖν χαρμόσυνα τοῖς ὑπηκόοις· εἰ καὶ ψευδῆ, ὅμως συμφέρει XXIV. Περὶ τοῦ οἰκείους πρὸς οἰκείους καὶ γνωρίμους πρὸς γνωρίμους τάττειν XXV. Περὶ τοῦ μὴ δι’ ἑαυτοῦ διδόναι τὸν στρατηγὸν τὰ σημεῖα εἴτε τῆς συμβολῆς εἴτε ἄλλης τινὸς πράξεως, ἀλλὰ διὰ τῶν ἡγεμόνων XXVI. Περὶ τοῦ μὴ μόνον συνθήματα, ἀλλὰ καὶ παρασυνθήματα διδόναι XXVII. Περὶ τοῦ μὴ λύειν τὰς τάξεις μήτε ἐν ταῖς διατάξεσι μήτε ἐν ταῖς ὑποχωρήσεσι XXVIII. Περὶ τοῦ δι’ ἐπιμελείας ἔχειν τὸν στρατηγὸν λαμπρὸν ἐκτάττειν τὸ στράτευμα XXIX. Περὶ τοῦ ἐν τῷ καιρῷ τῆς συμβολῆς ἀλαλάζειν XXX. Ὅτι δεῖ τὸν στρατηγὸν πρὸ τοῦ πολέμου συλλογίζεσθαι, τίς ὀφείλει ὑπαντῆσαι κατὰ τὴν συμβολὴν τῷ δεῖνι καὶ τίς τῷ ἄλλῳ καὶ οὕτως καθεξῆς ἐξετάζειν τοὺς ἰδίους ἄρχοντας πρὸς τοὺς τῶν ἐναντίων XXXI. Περὶ τοῦ, ἐὰν οἱ ἐναντίοι προτερεύωσι τῷ ἱππικῷ, ἐκλέγεσθαι στενοὺς τόπους XXXII. Περὶ τοῦ μηδὲν παρακεκινδυνευμένον ποιεῖν τὸν στρατηγὸν XXXIII. Περὶ τοῦ μὴ τὸν στρατηγὸν αὐτοχειρὶ πολεμεῖν XXXIV. Περὶ τοῦ εὐεργετεῖν κατὰ τὸ μέτρον ἕνα ἕκαστον τῶν ἀνδραγαθούντων XXXV. α´. Ὅτι οὐ χρὴ πάντοτε ἐπιτρέπειν τὰς ἁρπαγάς, καὶ ὅτι τὰ σώματα οὐ χρὴ ἁρπάζειν, ἀλλὰ τὸν στρατηγὸν πιπράσκειν XXXVI. α´. Περὶ τοῦ θάπτειν τοὺς ἐν πολέμῳ ἀναιρουμένους XXXVII. Περὶ τοῦ ἐν καιρῷ εἰρήνης μὴ ἀφυλάκτως εἶναι XXXVIII. α´. Περὶ τοῦ τὰς προσαγόμενος πόλεις ἐν ἀδείᾳ ἔχειν καὶ φιλανθρωπίᾳ XXXIX. α´. Περὶ τοῦ τὸν στρατηγὸν ἐν γνώσει εἶναι τῆς τῶν ἄστρων κινήσεως XL. Περὶ πολιορκίας XLI. Περὶ τοῦ ἔχειν ἐνέδρας τὸν πολιορκοῦντα πρὸ τῶν πυλῶν XLII. α´. Περὶ τοῦ ὅτι ὁ φόβος ψευδὴς μάντις ἐστίν
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PROOEMIUM I. Περὶ αἱρέσεως στρατηγοῦ II. Περὶ ἀγαθοῦ στρατηγοῦ διαίρεσις III. Περὶ τοῦ ἔχειν τὸν στρατηγὸν βουλευτάς IV. Περὶ τοῦ ὅτι δεῖ τὴν ἀρχὴν τοῦ πολέμου ἐξ εὐλόγου αἰτίας ἐπάγειν V. Περὶ τοῦ ἐξιλεοῦσθαι πρῶτον ὑπὲρ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν τὸ θεῖον ὁ στρατηγὸς ἐξάγων εἰς πόλεμον VI. Περὶ τοῦ ἄγειν ἐν τάξει τὸ στρατόπεδον VII. Περὶ τοῦ ὅταν διὰ στενῶν μέλλῃ τὸ στρατόπεδον ἄγειν VIII. Περὶ τοῦ ποιεῖν χάρακα IX. Περὶ τοῦ συνεχῶς ὑπαλλάσσειν τὰ ἄπληκτα X. α´. Περὶ τοῦ δεῖν γυμνάζειν τὸν στρατὸν ἀδείας οὔσης XI. α´. Περὶ τοῦ ὅτι δεῖ τῶν πολεμίων σχηματιζομένων φεύγειν μὴ ἁπλῶς καὶ ὡς ἔτυχεν ἔχεσθαι τῆς διώξεως I. Περὶ ἀριστοποιΐας XIII. Περὶ τοῦ εἶναι τὸν στρατηγὸν εὔθυμον ἐν ταῖς δυσπραγίαις XIV. α´. Πότε δεῖ φόβον ἐμβάλλειν τῷ στρατεύματι τῷ ἰδίῳ τὸν ἀπὸ τῶν ἐναντίων XV. Ὅτι διαφοραὶ πολλαὶ τῶν τάξεων XVI. Ὅτι πρὸς τὸ ἀντιπόλεμον καὶ τὸ ἴδιον συντάξει XVII. Ὅτι τοὺς ψιλοὺς ἀκοντιστὰς καὶ τοξότας καὶ σφενδονιστὰς πρώτους στήσει τῆς φάλαγγος XVIII. Περὶ τοῦ ἐν τοῖς τραχέσι τόποις τάττειν τοὺς ψιλούς XIX. Περὶ τοῦ χωρία ἔχειν τὰς παρατάξεις δι’ ὧν ὀφείλουσιν οἱ ψιλοὶ ἐντὸς τῶν κοντῶν εἰσερχόμενοι ὑποστέλλεσθαι XX. Ὅπως δεῖ, ἐὰν ἀπορῇ ψιλῆς συμμαχίας ὁ στρατηγός, οἱ δὲ πολέμιοι εὐπορῶσιν, ἐπιφέρεσθαι αὐτοῖς XXI. Περὶ τοῦ μὴ εἰς πολὺ μῆκος ἐκτείνειν τὴν φάλαγγα τὰς κυκλώσεις τῶν ἐναντίων φοβουμένους XXII. Περὶ τοῦ ἔχειν κεχωρισμένους ἐπιλέκτους εἰς βοήθειαν τῶν καταπονουμένων. περὶ τοῦ ἔχειν ἐγκρύμματα XXIII. Περὶ τοῦ ἐν τῶν καιρῷ αὐτῷ τῆς μάχης ἐκφωνεῖν χαρμόσυνα τοῖς ὑπηκόοις· εἰ καὶ ψευδῆ, ὅμως συμφέρει XXIV. Περὶ τοῦ οἰκείους πρὸς οἰκείους καὶ γνωρίμους πρὸς γνωρίμους τάττειν XXV. Περὶ τοῦ μὴ δι’ ἑαυτοῦ διδόναι τὸν στρατηγὸν τὰ σημεῖα εἴτε τῆς συμβολῆς εἴτε ἄλλης τινὸς πράξεως, ἀλλὰ διὰ τῶν ἡγεμόνων XXVI. Περὶ τοῦ μὴ μόνον συνθήματα, ἀλλὰ καὶ παρασυνθήματα διδόναι XXVII. Περὶ τοῦ μὴ λύειν τὰς τάξεις μήτε ἐν ταῖς διατάξεσι μήτε ἐν ταῖς ὑποχωρήσεσι XXVIII. Περὶ τοῦ δι’ ἐπιμελείας ἔχειν τὸν στρατηγὸν λαμπρὸν ἐκτάττειν τὸ στράτευμα XXIX. Περὶ τοῦ ἐν τῷ καιρῷ τῆς συμβολῆς ἀλαλάζειν XXX. Ὅτι δεῖ τὸν στρατηγὸν πρὸ τοῦ πολέμου συλλογίζεσθαι, τίς ὀφείλει ὑπαντῆσαι κατὰ τὴν συμβολὴν τῷ δεῖνι καὶ τίς τῷ ἄλλῳ καὶ οὕτως καθεξῆς ἐξετάζειν τοὺς ἰδίους ἄρχοντας πρὸς τοὺς τῶν ἐναντίων XXXI. Περὶ τοῦ, ἐὰν οἱ ἐναντίοι προτερεύωσι τῷ ἱππικῷ, ἐκλέγεσθαι στενοὺς τόπους XXXII. Περὶ τοῦ μηδὲν παρακεκινδυνευμένον ποιεῖν τὸν στρατηγὸν XXXIII. Περὶ τοῦ μὴ τὸν στρατηγὸν αὐτοχειρὶ πολεμεῖν XXXIV. Περὶ τοῦ εὐεργετεῖν κατὰ τὸ μέτρον ἕνα ἕκαστον τῶν ἀνδραγαθούντων XXXV. α´. Ὅτι οὐ χρὴ πάντοτε ἐπιτρέπειν τὰς ἁρπαγάς, καὶ ὅτι τὰ σώματα οὐ χρὴ ἁρπάζειν, ἀλλὰ τὸν στρατηγὸν πιπράσκειν XXXVI. α´. Περὶ τοῦ θάπτειν τοὺς ἐν πολέμῳ ἀναιρουμένους XXXVII. Περὶ τοῦ ἐν καιρῷ εἰρήνης μὴ ἀφυλάκτως εἶναι XXXVIII. α´. Περὶ τοῦ τὰς προσαγόμενος πόλεις ἐν ἀδείᾳ ἔχειν καὶ φιλανθρωπίᾳ XXXIX. α´. Περὶ τοῦ τὸν στρατηγὸν ἐν γνώσει εἶναι τῆς τῶν ἄστρων κινήσεως XL. Περὶ πολιορκίας XLI. Περὶ τοῦ ἔχειν ἐνέδρας τὸν πολιορκοῦντα πρὸ τῶν πυλῶν XLII. α´. Περὶ τοῦ ὅτι ὁ φόβος ψευδὴς μάντις ἐστίν
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