Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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Page 83
... legions , and to taxation , and were in- cluded in the Roman census . A deputy or prefect appointed an- nually by the Roman pretor administered justice according to laws which were subjected to Roman revision . In other respects they ...
... legions , and to taxation , and were in- cluded in the Roman census . A deputy or prefect appointed an- nually by the Roman pretor administered justice according to laws which were subjected to Roman revision . In other respects they ...
Page 84
... legion and were therefore named " wings " and " winged cohorts . " The same duty was imposed on most of the allied ... legions , while the duty of supplying ships of war fell almost entirely on the Greek cities . Such were the leading ...
... legion and were therefore named " wings " and " winged cohorts . " The same duty was imposed on most of the allied ... legions , while the duty of supplying ships of war fell almost entirely on the Greek cities . Such were the leading ...
Page 101
... legions under the command of the two consuls , Marcus Atilius Regulus and Lucius Manlius Volso . The Carthaginian fleet , con- sisting of some 350 ships , had taken up its station at Ecnomus to protect its native shores ; thus , when ...
... legions under the command of the two consuls , Marcus Atilius Regulus and Lucius Manlius Volso . The Carthaginian fleet , con- sisting of some 350 ships , had taken up its station at Ecnomus to protect its native shores ; thus , when ...
Page 103
... legions on board , were captured , and the Carthaginians won their first and only great naval victory over the Romans . Lilybaeum was thus set free from the blockade by sea ; in fact , the remains of the Roman fleet were in their turn ...
... legions on board , were captured , and the Carthaginians won their first and only great naval victory over the Romans . Lilybaeum was thus set free from the blockade by sea ; in fact , the remains of the Roman fleet were in their turn ...
Page 104
... legions , and aware that his mercenaries cared as little for Carthage as for Rome , he proved that personal attachment to a general could compensate in the minds of his soldiers for the want of ties of nation and country . He ...
... legions , and aware that his mercenaries cared as little for Carthage as for Rome , he proved that personal attachment to a general could compensate in the minds of his soldiers for the want of ties of nation and country . He ...
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