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... military operations , and we have therefore given as complete an account as we could collect of the Roman army as it was constituted at that time . The cam- paign too of Civilis , the narrative of which is , in the opinion of Mr ...
... military operations , and we have therefore given as complete an account as we could collect of the Roman army as it was constituted at that time . The cam- paign too of Civilis , the narrative of which is , in the opinion of Mr ...
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... military oath , and were de- army of Germanding another emperor , but conceded the power of choice to the Senate and people of Rome , in the hope that a more lenient view might be taken of their revolt . These tidings hastened the plans ...
... military oath , and were de- army of Germanding another emperor , but conceded the power of choice to the Senate and people of Rome , in the hope that a more lenient view might be taken of their revolt . These tidings hastened the plans ...
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... military custom by which a soldier chooses his comrade . Fearing that to conceal the mutiny would be to make them think it greater than it really was , he spontaneously declared that the 4th and 18th legions , led by a few factious ...
... military custom by which a soldier chooses his comrade . Fearing that to conceal the mutiny would be to make them think it greater than it really was , he spontaneously declared that the 4th and 18th legions , led by a few factious ...
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... military discipline , were especially distasteful , when men , accustomed to sail to the lakes of Campania and the cities of Greece , had painfully to struggle under the weight of their arms over the Pyrenees , the Alps , and vast ...
... military discipline , were especially distasteful , when men , accustomed to sail to the lakes of Campania and the cities of Greece , had painfully to struggle under the weight of their arms over the Pyrenees , the Alps , and vast ...
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... military tribunes , proceeded to the Prætorian camp , in the hope that a sedition , which was but just commencing , and not yet fully matured , might be swayed by better counsels . Two of these tribunes , Subrius and Cetrius , the ...
... military tribunes , proceeded to the Prætorian camp , in the hope that a sedition , which was but just commencing , and not yet fully matured , might be swayed by better counsels . Two of these tribunes , Subrius and Cetrius , the ...
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