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... cohorts of a legion - the Tribuni mili- tum and Centurions - The heavy baggage of a Roman legion CHAPTER III . THE WORKS OF MARIUS ON THE RHONE . B.C. 104-103 . Strabo , p . 183 ; Plutarch , Marius ; Statistique du Département des ...
... cohorts of a legion - the Tribuni mili- tum and Centurions - The heavy baggage of a Roman legion CHAPTER III . THE WORKS OF MARIUS ON THE RHONE . B.C. 104-103 . Strabo , p . 183 ; Plutarch , Marius ; Statistique du Département des ...
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... cohort of the commander , or as tribunes of the legions and as praefecti , or were employed on extraordinary commissions . This conclusion is derived from some passages in Sallust's Jugurthine war ; but Sallust is not evidence enough ...
... cohort of the commander , or as tribunes of the legions and as praefecti , or were employed on extraordinary commissions . This conclusion is derived from some passages in Sallust's Jugurthine war ; but Sallust is not evidence enough ...
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... cohort was not a new name , for Polybius says that three manipuli ( σreîpai ) form a cohors . The change then that Marius is supposed to have made con- sisted in drawing up a legion in cohorts for the purpose of fighting ; and the ...
... cohort was not a new name , for Polybius says that three manipuli ( σreîpai ) form a cohors . The change then that Marius is supposed to have made con- sisted in drawing up a legion in cohorts for the purpose of fighting ; and the ...
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... cohort , and specially to the oldest cen- turion of that cohort . The eagle was of gold , perhaps gilded , or of silver , and fixed on the top of a pole . It is conjectured that the eagle was also used as the standard ( signum ) of the ...
... cohort , and specially to the oldest cen- turion of that cohort . The eagle was of gold , perhaps gilded , or of silver , and fixed on the top of a pole . It is conjectured that the eagle was also used as the standard ( signum ) of the ...
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George Long. members of the military council . The highest rank in the first cohort is the rank of first centurion ( primus pilus ) , and with this , as a rule , the promotion of a centurion ended . " Extraordinary promotions were ...
George Long. members of the military council . The highest rank in the first cohort is the rank of first centurion ( primus pilus ) , and with this , as a rule , the promotion of a centurion ended . " Extraordinary promotions were ...
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