Vegetius De re militari - the origin and purpose of military literature

[Pierre Dumont Himself]

Which books borrowed from which other books is indeed quite complicated, and I have not looked into this very deeply. Just to point out that Valturius' "De Re Militari" is not a copy of Vegetius. It is loosely based on it, but has quite different contents.

I don't know how reliable You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is, but it shows the complication of sources and copies.

 This is the full passage from  "Printing and the mind of Man". Apparently, the images from the first Valturio print run in Italy were reused for the first Vegetius print run in Germany