Get to know Aeneas' work

Overview of the Poliorketika

Introduction

1. Organising Troops

2. Securing the City

3. Organizing City Guards

4. Signals

5. Gatekeepers

6. Outposts by Day

7. Calling the Population Into the City

8. Securing the Countryside

9. Deterring the Enemy

10. Notices - Martial Law

11. Plots

12. Precautions With Regard to Allies

13. The Maintenance of Mercenaries

14. Suggestions for Securing Unanimity

15. Expeditions Into the Countryside

16. Another Method of Relief

17. Precautions During Festivals

18. Securing the Gates at Night

19. Sawing a Cross-Bar

20. The Prevention of Tampering with Bars and Bolts

21. (Cross-references)

22. Watches

23. Secret Sallies at Night

24. Passwords

25. Signs to Accompany the Password

26. Rounds

27. Panics

28. Gatekeeping

29. Smuggling Arms

30. Importing Arms

31. Secret Messages

32. Contrivances for Repelling Assaults

33. Methods for Setting on Fire

34. Materials for Quenching Fire

35. Inflammable Materials

36. Hindrances to the Placing of Ladders

37. The Discovery and prevention of Mines

38. Reserves

39. Ruses

40. Garrisoning a City

Aeneas Tacticus in Greek
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