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... enemy who adopted the same formation . When the legion was opposed to troops ranged in close order , it became necessary to conform to that order ; and this was effected by the simple advance of the maniples of the second line to fill ...
... enemy who adopted the same formation . When the legion was opposed to troops ranged in close order , it became necessary to conform to that order ; and this was effected by the simple advance of the maniples of the second line to fill ...
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sir Patrick Leonard MacDougall. enemy ; afterwards when within twelve paces , their pila ; after which they drew their swords for the hand - to- hand contest . Cavalry . The Cavalry of the legion was fixed at 320 men and horses , divided ...
sir Patrick Leonard MacDougall. enemy ; afterwards when within twelve paces , their pila ; after which they drew their swords for the hand - to- hand contest . Cavalry . The Cavalry of the legion was fixed at 320 men and horses , divided ...
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... enemy and to furnish every possible information regarding him . Chief of the Staff . - Civil Department . Every Roman army had attached to it an officer who , under the name of Quæstor or Prefect , performed the duties of a Chief of the ...
... enemy and to furnish every possible information regarding him . Chief of the Staff . - Civil Department . Every Roman army had attached to it an officer who , under the name of Quæstor or Prefect , performed the duties of a Chief of the ...
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... enemy , invariably fortified their camps . The small range of ancient artillery , about 400 yards , permitted hostile armies to encamp at little more than that distance from each other . In a temporary camp , where the army would not ...
... enemy , invariably fortified their camps . The small range of ancient artillery , about 400 yards , permitted hostile armies to encamp at little more than that distance from each other . In a temporary camp , where the army would not ...
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... enemy . The formation of the phalanx which was peculiar to itself , was the synapism , in which the soldiers were so closely jammed together that they could not move , ex- cepting all together in the same direction ; the leading files ...
... enemy . The formation of the phalanx which was peculiar to itself , was the synapism , in which the soldiers were so closely jammed together that they could not move , ex- cepting all together in the same direction ; the leading files ...
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