Byzantine military manuals
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This article lists and briefly discusses the most important of many military treatises on military science produced in the Byzantine Empire.
Byzantine hand-siphon for projecting Greek fire, illumination from the Poliorcetica of Hero of Byzantium
Fighting between Byzantines and Arabs Chronikon of Ioannis Skylitzes, end of 13th century
The Tactica is a military treatise written by or on behalf of Byzantine Emperor Leo VI the Wise in c. 895–908, and later edited by his son, Constantine VII. Drawing on earlier authors such as Aelian,
Byzantine military manuals
…the Emperor Leo VI the Wise (r. 886–912), compiled ca. 890s, comprise excerpts of Maurice's Strategikon arranged in a question-and-answer format. The Tactica of Leo VI was written ca. 895-908. At its core is a re-edition of Maurice's Strategikon, often reproduced verbatim, and additional material drawn from…
Tactica (Italian edition, 1586)