The Ancient Art of War The Ancient Art of War The Ancient Art of War is a computer game designed by Dave and Barry Murry, developed by Evryware, and originally published by Brøderbund in 1984. It is generally recognized as one of the first real-time strategy or real-time tactics games. A battlefield simulation, the game's title comes from the classic strategy text "The Art of War" written by Sun Tzu around 400 B.C. The objective of the game is to win a series of battles using four types of troops: Knights, Archers, Barbarians, and Spies. All four types are unmounted. It uses a rock-paper-scissors type
Works attributed to Florus Works attributed to Florus Three main sets of works are attributed to Florus (a Roman cognomen): Virgilius orator an poeta, an Epitome of Roman History and a collection of poems (26 tetrameters, and five hexameters about roses). As to whether these were composed by the same person, or set of people, is unclear, but the works are variously attributed to: The introduction to a dialogue called "Virgilius orator an poeta" is extant, in which the author (whose name is given as Publius Annius Florus) states that he was born in Africa, and at an early age took part in the