Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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Page 18
... cavalry was dealt with in the same way : its exist- ing six divisions , which retained their old names , were tripled ; only the richest landholders , whether burgesses or non - burgesses , served as horsemen . All those who held land ...
... cavalry was dealt with in the same way : its exist- ing six divisions , which retained their old names , were tripled ; only the richest landholders , whether burgesses or non - burgesses , served as horsemen . All those who held land ...
Page 19
... cavalry , thus bringing the whole force to about 20,000 men . The century , or body of one hundred , formed the unit of this military scheme , and by the arrangement above indicated there would be 18 centuries of cavalry and 168 of ...
... cavalry , thus bringing the whole force to about 20,000 men . The century , or body of one hundred , formed the unit of this military scheme , and by the arrangement above indicated there would be 18 centuries of cavalry and 168 of ...
Page 77
... cavalry , and twenty elephants . The boasts which the Tarentine envoys had made , of the huge con- federate army ready to take the field in Italy , were soon proved to be utterly fallacious . In the north , the Etruscans alone were ...
... cavalry , and twenty elephants . The boasts which the Tarentine envoys had made , of the huge con- federate army ready to take the field in Italy , were soon proved to be utterly fallacious . In the north , the Etruscans alone were ...
Page 78
... cavalry , and nineteen elephants . The Romans with their con- federates were not inferior in number ; and as a protection against the elephants they had invented a sort of war - chariot , armed with projecting iron poles and movable ...
... cavalry , and nineteen elephants . The Romans with their con- federates were not inferior in number ; and as a protection against the elephants they had invented a sort of war - chariot , armed with projecting iron poles and movable ...
Page 84
... cavalry which acted on the wings of the Roman legion and were therefore named " wings " and " winged cohorts . " The same duty was imposed on most of the allied communities classified in the third division , such as Apulians ...
... cavalry which acted on the wings of the Roman legion and were therefore named " wings " and " winged cohorts . " The same duty was imposed on most of the allied communities classified in the third division , such as Apulians ...
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