De Bello Gallico, Commentariorum IV-VMacmillan, 1886 - 110 pages |
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Page xxviii
... troops not only might they begin 20 the entrenchments without delay , but each man knew exactly where he was quartered for the night . The sketch on the next page will make the main lines of the camp easily intelligible . The camp lay ...
... troops not only might they begin 20 the entrenchments without delay , but each man knew exactly where he was quartered for the night . The sketch on the next page will make the main lines of the camp easily intelligible . The camp lay ...
Page xxix
... left unoccupied 5 ( intervallum ) . By this means the enemy was pre- vented from firing the tents , and room was left for the deploying of the troops . The rampart was called vallum or agger , and was formed by the earth ENCAMPMENTS . xxix.
... left unoccupied 5 ( intervallum ) . By this means the enemy was pre- vented from firing the tents , and room was left for the deploying of the troops . The rampart was called vallum or agger , and was formed by the earth ENCAMPMENTS . xxix.
Page xxxi
... troops , while bridges ( sambucae ) were thrown across to the wall . The defenders tried to destroy them by fire or by masses of wood or stone discharged from engines . 15 To protect the besiegers in their operations , several kinds of ...
... troops , while bridges ( sambucae ) were thrown across to the wall . The defenders tried to destroy them by fire or by masses of wood or stone discharged from engines . 15 To protect the besiegers in their operations , several kinds of ...
Page 50
... troops , corresponding to the Greek military dative ; ' 15. 3 , novissimo agmine ; 53. 3 , equitatu . qui in flumen R. influit : so , strangely enough , vii . 57. 4 . Caesar talks of ' a marsh which flowed into the Seine . ' decem novem ...
... troops , corresponding to the Greek military dative ; ' 15. 3 , novissimo agmine ; 53. 3 , equitatu . qui in flumen R. influit : so , strangely enough , vii . 57. 4 . Caesar talks of ' a marsh which flowed into the Seine . ' decem novem ...
Page 103
... troop of horse . ( Each cohort contained from 300 to 360 men , 3 manipuli ; each mani- pulus 100 to 120 men and 2 centuriae . ) [ lego . ] legiōnārius , a , um , adj . , legionary , belonging to the le- gion . Also subst . [ legio ...
... troop of horse . ( Each cohort contained from 300 to 360 men , 3 manipuli ; each mani- pulus 100 to 120 men and 2 centuriae . ) [ lego . ] legiōnārius , a , um , adj . , legionary , belonging to the le- gion . Also subst . [ legio ...
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