"An ambuscade, if discovered and promptly surrounded, will return the intended mischief with interest."
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Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus
1250 β 1375
Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus (4th century, possibly into the 5th), commonly referred to simply as Vegetius, was a writer of the Later Roman Empire.
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