Asclepiodotus (philosopher)

Asclepiodotus Tacticus (Greek: Ἀσκληπιόδοτος; fl. 1st century BC) was a Greek writer and philosopher, and a pupil of Posidonius.[1] According to Seneca, he wrote a work entitled Quaestionum Naturalium Causae.[1]

A short work on military tactics survives. He is one of the earliest military writers whose studies on tactics have come down to us. He was not striped in the Helian nor Arrian's lists of tacticians.

Notes

  1. 1 2 Seneca, Naturales Quaestiones, vi. 17, 22

Further reading

  • Aeneas Tactitus, Asclepiodotus, and Onasander, translated by Illinois Greek Club, Loeb Classical Library, 1923, ISBN 0-674-99172-9.
  • Arrianos / Asklepiodotos: Die Kunst der Taktik, Greek and German by Kai Brodersen, De Gruyter, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-11-056216-3.
  • Asclepiodotus (complete text of the English translation, from the Loeb edition)
  • Asclepiodotus (complete Greek text from the Loeb edition)


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