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... archers were useless without arrows.'1 To meet their demand he attached to his army , which consisted of 10,000 professional horse - archers , a corps of 1,000 camels laden with a huge reserve of arrows , and to it he added a division ...
... archers were useless without arrows.'1 To meet their demand he attached to his army , which consisted of 10,000 professional horse - archers , a corps of 1,000 camels laden with a huge reserve of arrows , and to it he added a division ...
Page 199
... archers and some Gallic cavalry . We are told that no one was in ' fixed authority , each following his own devices ' . When , from his scouts , Afranius learnt of its approach , according to Caesar , he set out by night ' with all his ...
... archers and some Gallic cavalry . We are told that no one was in ' fixed authority , each following his own devices ' . When , from his scouts , Afranius learnt of its approach , according to Caesar , he set out by night ' with all his ...
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... archers poured forth . ' Thereupon Caesar's cavalry fell back , and as they did so , the Pompeians pressed eagerly forward and began to surround Caesar's exposed flank . Caesar then gave the signal to his fourth line , ' composed of six ...
... archers poured forth . ' Thereupon Caesar's cavalry fell back , and as they did so , the Pompeians pressed eagerly forward and began to surround Caesar's exposed flank . Caesar then gave the signal to his fourth line , ' composed of six ...
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CHAPTER I | 15 |
Inauguration of the Century of Revolution | 22 |
The First Civil | 28 |
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