P. Flavius Vegetius Renatus

De P. Flavio Vegetio Renato fere nihil praeter opera eius scimus. Vir illustris et comes in aula imperii serioris fuit, nec, ut videtur, miles professione. Epitoma rei militaris scripsit, quasi summam veteris exercitus Romani ex Catone, Celso, Frontino, constitutionibus principum collectam, et imperatori dedicavit, fortasse Theodosio I aut principi posteriori.

Almost nothing is known of Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus beyond his works. A high official of the later empire, he bore the titles vir illustris and comes, and was apparently not a soldier by profession. He wrote the Epitome of Military Science, a digest of the old Roman army drawn from Cato, Celsus, Frontinus and the imperial regulations, dedicated to an emperor, perhaps Theodosius I or a later ruler.

Scripsit etiam de medicina iumentorum, Digesta Artis Mulomedicinae. Epitoma eius medio aevo et renascentibus litteris liber rei militaris omnium lectissimus fuit. De ortu eius et morte nihil constat.

He also wrote on the veterinary medicine of horses and mules, the Digesta Artis Mulomedicinae. His Epitome became the most widely read military handbook of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Nothing is known of his birth or death.

1. saec. IV ex. vel Vlate 4th or 5th centuryEpitomam rei militaris imperatori dedicat (tempus incertum).Dedicates the Epitome of Military Science to an emperor (date uncertain).
2. incertumdate unknownDigesta Artis Mulomedicinae scribit.Writes the Digesta Artis Mulomedicinae.