De militia Romana libri quinque.
Commentarius ad Polybium.
Ed. ultima.
by Lipsius, J.
Antwerp, Plantin for Moretus; 1614
With engraved title vignette (printer's mark),
12 (5 full-page, 1 double-page) copperplate engravings and woodcuts in the text.
397 pp., 3 leaves.
Bound with:
Poliorceticon sive de machinis, tormentis, telis, libri quinque ...
Ed. quarta.
by Lipsius, J.
Antwerp, Plantin for Moretus; 1625
With engraved title vignette and numerous partly full-page text engravings.
219 pp., 3 leaves.
Original overlapping vellum binding (spine missing).
The engravings show fortifications, weapons, fighting soldiers, etc.
Ex-library copy.
Toning, partly underlined in red, title page with marginal damage
Size: 7 by 10 inches
Text in Latin


The Flemish humanist J. Lipsius (1547-1606) intensively studied the Roman military and warfare; his publication is considered a fundamental work on ancient warfare

Lipsius' treatise on ancient Roman warfare, based on the rediscovered writings of the late classical Greek historian Polybius




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