Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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... infantry consisted of four legions , each of 4200 men , or 42 1 There are various other theories as to the origin of the plebeian class . For a discussion of the question see Soltau , " Entstehung der alts römischen Volks- versammlungen ...
... infantry consisted of four legions , each of 4200 men , or 42 1 There are various other theories as to the origin of the plebeian class . For a discussion of the question see Soltau , " Entstehung der alts römischen Volks- versammlungen ...
Page 19
... infantry . To these , other centuries of supernumeraries must be added , who marched with the army unarmed and took the place of those who fell ill or died in battle . The whole number of centuries amounted to 193 or 194 ; nor was it ...
... infantry . To these , other centuries of supernumeraries must be added , who marched with the army unarmed and took the place of those who fell ill or died in battle . The whole number of centuries amounted to 193 or 194 ; nor was it ...
Page 77
... infantry , two thousand archers , five hundred slingers , three thousand 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 ...
... infantry , two thousand archers , five hundred slingers , three thousand 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 ...
Page 78
... infantry , eight thou- sand 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 ...
... infantry , eight thou- sand 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 ...
Page 84
... infantry and 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 ...
... infantry and 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 ...
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