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... soldiers Their devotion to him Impression produced by Caesar's victories The West the land of romance • Formidableness of the foe against whom Caesar fought 26 27 29 31 31 32 CHAPTER III WARS WITH THE GAULS Renown of the Gauls in war ...
... soldiers Their devotion to him Impression produced by Caesar's victories The West the land of romance • Formidableness of the foe against whom Caesar fought 26 27 29 31 31 32 CHAPTER III WARS WITH THE GAULS Renown of the Gauls in war ...
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... Scouts 218 Music Engineers 218 · . 219 The common soldier . 220 · Statue of the legionary at Saint - Germain Dress and equipment 220 · 220 Tunica 220 · Lorica 220 PAGK Galea Cassis 220 221 Balteus Scutum Ocreae Caligae Sagum ΧΧ CONTENTS.
... Scouts 218 Music Engineers 218 · . 219 The common soldier . 220 · Statue of the legionary at Saint - Germain Dress and equipment 220 · 220 Tunica 220 · Lorica 220 PAGK Galea Cassis 220 221 Balteus Scutum Ocreae Caligae Sagum ΧΧ CONTENTS.
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... soldiers to display the same valour under him as they had often done under the commander- in - chief , and to imagine that the latter was looking on at their exploits ( vi . 8 , §§ 3 , 4 ) , and again when Ambiorix ( v . 27 , § 2 ) and ...
... soldiers to display the same valour under him as they had often done under the commander- in - chief , and to imagine that the latter was looking on at their exploits ( vi . 8 , §§ 3 , 4 ) , and again when Ambiorix ( v . 27 , § 2 ) and ...
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... soldiers spared neither age nor sex ( vii . 28 , § 4 ; cp . 47 , § 5 ) . For this perhaps Caesar is hardly to be held responsible , for the men are not always as humane as their general , just as the hounds sometimes differ in their ...
... soldiers spared neither age nor sex ( vii . 28 , § 4 ; cp . 47 , § 5 ) . For this perhaps Caesar is hardly to be held responsible , for the men are not always as humane as their general , just as the hounds sometimes differ in their ...
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... soldiers : but there was no constraint put upon him , after the surrender of Uxellodunum , to hack off the right hands that had bravely defended their country ( viii . 44 , § 1 ) . Nor can we discern a trace of generosity in his ...
... soldiers : but there was no constraint put upon him , after the surrender of Uxellodunum , to hack off the right hands that had bravely defended their country ( viii . 44 , § 1 ) . Nor can we discern a trace of generosity in his ...
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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.