TABLE OF VEGETIUS


How many kinds of military standards there are.	v
How much caution must be kept when camps are moved with enemies as neighbors.	vi
In what manner rivers, even larger ones, are to be crossed.	vii
In what manner camps ought to be organized.	viii
What and how much must be considered so that it may be understood whether one ought to fight against those coming up and ambushes or in public battle.	ix
What ought to be done if anyone has an army or recruit untrained in fighting.	x
What things are to be taken care of on the very day when a public battle is engaged.	xi
Investigating what the soldiers who are about to fight are feeling.	xii
In what manner a suitable place is chosen for battle.	xiii
In what manner the battle line ought to be organized so that it is rendered invincible in conflict.	xiv
The ratio, especially, of how much space in the battle line ought to be kept between individual men in length, or between individual ranks in width.	xv
Concerning the organizing of cavalry.	xvi
Concerning the reserves which are placed behind the battle line.	xvii
In what place the first commander ought to stand: in what the second: in what the third.	xviii
By what remedies one may resist the virtue or deceits of enemies in the battle line.	xix
By how many ways a public battle is engaged, and how even one who is inferior in number and strength is able to obtain victory.	xx
By what manner one often fights on marches.	xxi
That a way of retreat should be given to enemies so that they may be destroyed more easily while fleeing.	xxii
In what manner one should retreat from enemies if the plan of battle is displeasing.	xxiii