Dennis George T. (transl.) Maurice's Strategikon (Στρατηγικόν). Handbook of Byzantine Military Strategy

University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001. — 208 p.The work is a practical manual and according to its author "a rather modest elementary handbook [...] for those devoting themselves to generalship", that was to serve as a general guide or handbook to Byzantine art of war. In the introduction of his 1984 translation of the text, George Dennis noted that "the Strategikon is written in a very straightforward and generally uncomplicated Greek."The Strategikon may have been written in an effort to codify the military reforms brought about by the soldier-emperor Maurice.
The text consists of 12 chapters or "books" on various aspects of strategy and tactics, employed by the Byzantine army during the 6th and 7th century C.E. Its contents primarily focus on cavalry tactics and formation and several chapters elaborate on matters of infantry, siege warfare, logistics, education and training and movement.