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Page viii
... Exercitus in Smith's Dictionary of Antiquities have all been used with advantage . But after due acknowledgements have been made to the moderns , my main debt is still to the ancients , whom I have in every case studied at first hand ...
... Exercitus in Smith's Dictionary of Antiquities have all been used with advantage . But after due acknowledgements have been made to the moderns , my main debt is still to the ancients , whom I have in every case studied at first hand ...
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... exercitus of legio of cohors " " 99 of manipulus The maniple the original century Slight importance of the century Strength of the legion Number of Caesar's legions PAGE 177 177 178 178 179 179 180 182 182 183 183 183 184 185 185 186 ...
... exercitus of legio of cohors " " 99 of manipulus The maniple the original century Slight importance of the century Strength of the legion Number of Caesar's legions PAGE 177 177 178 178 179 179 180 182 182 183 183 183 184 185 185 186 ...
Page 190
... exercitus , of legio , To the above table there might be added another denomina- tion , namely , that two legions with their contingents of allies make one consular army . Such at least was the practice in old times , when it was usual ...
... exercitus , of legio , To the above table there might be added another denomina- tion , namely , that two legions with their contingents of allies make one consular army . Such at least was the practice in old times , when it was usual ...
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... exercitus nostri agri vastari , liberi eorum in servitutem 4 abduci , oppida expugnari non debuerint . ' Eodem tem- pore [ Aedui ] Ambarri , necessarii et consanguinei Aedu- orum , Caesarem certiorem faciunt sese depopulatis agris non ...
... exercitus nostri agri vastari , liberi eorum in servitutem 4 abduci , oppida expugnari non debuerint . ' Eodem tem- pore [ Aedui ] Ambarri , necessarii et consanguinei Aedu- orum , Caesarem certiorem faciunt sese depopulatis agris non ...
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... exercitus nomen caperet aut memoriam proderet . ' His Caesar ita respondit : ' eo sibi minus dubitationis 14 dari , quod eas res , quas legati Helvetii commemorassent , memoria teneret , atque eo gravius ferre , quo minus merito populi ...
... exercitus nomen caperet aut memoriam proderet . ' His Caesar ita respondit : ' eo sibi minus dubitationis 14 dari , quod eas res , quas legati Helvetii commemorassent , memoria teneret , atque eo gravius ferre , quo minus merito populi ...
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Page 218 - Alterum genus est equitum. Hi, cum est usus atque aliquod bellum incidit, quod fere ante Caesaris adventum quotannis accidere solebat, uti aut ipsi injurias inferrent aut illatas propulsarent, omnes in bello versantur, atque eorum ut quisque est genere copiisque amplissimus, ita plurimos circum se ambactos clientesque habet.
Page 221 - Deorum numero eos solos ducunt, quos cernunt et quorum aperte opibus iuvantur, Solem et Vulcanum et Lunam, reliquos ne fama quidem acceperunt.
Page 182 - ... cinctamque gerit serpentibus Hydram : Collis Aventini silva quem Rhea sacerdos Furtivum partu sub luminis edidit oras, 660 Mixta deo mulier, postquam Laurentia victor Geryone exstincto Tirynthius attigit arva, Tyrrhenoque boves in flumine lavit Iberas.
Page 217 - In primis hoc volunt persuadere, non interire animas, sed ab aliis post mortem transire ad alios, atque hoc maxime ad virtutem excitari putant metu mortis neglecto.
Page 222 - Agriculturae non student ; majorque pars eorum victus in lacte, caseo, carne consistit ; neque quisquam agri modum certum aut fines habet proprios ; sed magistratus ac principes in annos singulos gentibus cognationibusque hominum qui una coierunt, quantum et quo loco visum est agri attribuunt atque anno post alio transire cogunt.
Page 172 - Omnes vero se Britanni vitro inficiunt, quod caeruleum efficit colorem, atque hoc horridiores sunt in pugna aspectu; capilloque sunt promisso atque omni parte corporis rasa praeter caput et labrum superius.