The lexical field of military goes back to the various codifications of Roman military law, as preserved, for example, in the fragmentary De re militari (“On Warfare”; 1st century BCE) of Lucius Cincius. Far more significant for the development of warfare in the West was the Epitome rei militaris (“Outline of Warfare”; ca. 390) of Vegetius Renatus; some 150 manuscripts of this text survive, written between the 10th and 15th centuries [16]. The first Italian trans…