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... Roman legio into three classes called hastati , principes , and triarii , had been abandoned . Each legion was now divided into ten cohorts , each cohort into three maniples , each maniple into two centuries . The effective strength of ...
... Roman legio into three classes called hastati , principes , and triarii , had been abandoned . Each legion was now divided into ten cohorts , each cohort into three maniples , each maniple into two centuries . The effective strength of ...
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... Roman army . commeatu nostros prohibere , to hinder the passage back of our men . This seems to be the meaning , as explained by reditu interclusis ; but commeatus fre- quently means provisions , forage , and in this sense occurs with ...
... Roman army . commeatu nostros prohibere , to hinder the passage back of our men . This seems to be the meaning , as explained by reditu interclusis ; but commeatus fre- quently means provisions , forage , and in this sense occurs with ...
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... Roman armies in Cæsar's time . naves instituere , to build ships . ad laborem militum , i . e . in regard to the labour of the soldiers , not even the night season was passed over . quas ante . See cap . 9 . continentia bella ...
... Roman armies in Cæsar's time . naves instituere , to build ships . ad laborem militum , i . e . in regard to the labour of the soldiers , not even the night season was passed over . quas ante . See cap . 9 . continentia bella ...
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... Romans as to the pur- sued Britons , when the latter , by leaving their cha- riots , opposed to the cavalry the stabilitas peditum , mentioned in iv . 33 . atque alii alios deinceps exciperent , and kept relieving each other in turn ...
... Romans as to the pur- sued Britons , when the latter , by leaving their cha- riots , opposed to the cavalry the stabilitas peditum , mentioned in iv . 33 . atque alii alios deinceps exciperent , and kept relieving each other in turn ...
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... Roman law , treat his slave as he pleased , sell him , punish him , or put him to death . Slaves could not acquire property or marry ; but Cæsar , in this passage , can only be considered as stating that there was a general similarity ...
... Roman law , treat his slave as he pleased , sell him , punish him , or put him to death . Slaves could not acquire property or marry ; but Cæsar , in this passage , can only be considered as stating that there was a general similarity ...
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