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... 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 the intervals of the first . The open order was , moreover , especially ...
... 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 the intervals of the first . The open order was , moreover , especially ...
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... troops , each troop being formed in four ranks of eight files . Three officers called Decurions were attached to each troop , which was com- manded by the senior Decurion . Every Roman legion had attached to it in the field . a legion ...
... troops , each troop being formed in four ranks of eight files . Three officers called Decurions were attached to each troop , which was com- manded by the senior Decurion . Every Roman legion had attached to it in the field . a legion ...
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... troops to enable him to seize on supreme authority . A yearly change of Commanders , however , if rigidly enforced , would render success im- possible in a protracted war , and in times of emergency it was found necessary to continue ...
... troops to enable him to seize on supreme authority . A yearly change of Commanders , however , if rigidly enforced , would render success im- possible in a protracted war , and in times of emergency it was found necessary to continue ...
Pagina 12
... troop . Two of these troops formed a squadron , or epilarchy ; and four squadrons composed a regiment , or hipparchy , of 512 men . And the comple- ment of a phalanx was , as we have seen , two of these hipparchys , numbering 1024 men ...
... troop . Two of these troops formed a squadron , or epilarchy ; and four squadrons composed a regiment , or hipparchy , of 512 men . And the comple- ment of a phalanx was , as we have seen , two of these hipparchys , numbering 1024 men ...
Pagina 18
... troops . Other mutinies of the same kind must from time to time have occurred . bably one of these was the cause of the comparative weak- ness of Carthage at the time of the Athenian expedition against Syracuse ; so different from the ...
... troops . Other mutinies of the same kind must from time to time have occurred . bably one of these was the cause of the comparative weak- ness of Carthage at the time of the Athenian expedition against Syracuse ; so different from the ...
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