Chaucer's Description of the Battle of Actium in the 'Legend of Cleopatra' and the Medieval Tradition of Vegetius's 'De Re Militari'
- Author / Editor
- Sayers, William.
Chaucer's Description of the Battle of Actium in the 'Legend of Cleopatra' and the Medieval Tradition of Vegetius's 'De Re Militari'
- Published
- Chaucer Review 42 (2007): 76-90.
- Description
- Chaucer's depiction of the legendary battle of Actium likely reflects both his understanding of contemporary naval warfare technology and his awareness of military treatises by Vegetius and Giles of Rome.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Legend of Good Women
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.