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... centurions ; the senior commanded the maniple , which was the tactical unit . Each maniple was provided with a standard ( signum ) , a pole crowned with a twist of hay would appear to have been the earliest type ; it was used by the ...
... centurions ; the senior commanded the maniple , which was the tactical unit . Each maniple was provided with a standard ( signum ) , a pole crowned with a twist of hay would appear to have been the earliest type ; it was used by the ...
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... centurions had been killed or wounded , and men in the rear were beginning to slink away . He seized a shield from one of the soldiers in the rear rank , pushed his way to the front , called upon the centurions by name , and ordered the ...
... centurions had been killed or wounded , and men in the rear were beginning to slink away . He seized a shield from one of the soldiers in the rear rank , pushed his way to the front , called upon the centurions by name , and ordered the ...
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... centurion , by name Scaeva , was found to have 120 arrow holes in it . To have suffered such a paucity of casualties for such a multiplicity of arrows discharged at only one of several redoubts , must have been most gratifying to Caesar ...
... centurion , by name Scaeva , was found to have 120 arrow holes in it . To have suffered such a paucity of casualties for such a multiplicity of arrows discharged at only one of several redoubts , must have been most gratifying to Caesar ...
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CHAPTER I | 15 |
Inauguration of the Century of Revolution | 22 |
The First Civil | 28 |
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