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Excerpt from The Commentaries of Caesar, Translated Into English, Vol. 1 of 2: To Which Is Prefixed a Discourse Concerning the Roman Art of War Som E perhaps may be of opinion, that the Maxims of the prefent Age, which forbid Kings to appear in Perfon at the head of Armies, and injoin them rather to delegate their Power to others, render military Talents leis neceitary in the Rulers of Nations. But tho' this be in reality a very wife Policy, and excellently calculated to prevent thofe unjull Wars, which have no other Foundation but the perfonal Ambition and Glory of Princes, yet does it by no means difpenfe with the Obligation of applying to the Study of Arms. The due modelling of the Army, the introducing a preper Difcipline among the Troops, and the Difpofal of military Preferments, are intirely in the Email of. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.