The campaigns of Hannibal arranged and critically consideredLongman, 1858 - 195 páginas |
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... horses , divided into ten troops , each troop being formed in four ranks of eight files . Three officers called ... horse numbered 600 instead of 300 . Therefore , for the strength of every legion of the Roman army employed in the ...
... horses , divided into ten troops , each troop being formed in four ranks of eight files . Three officers called ... horse numbered 600 instead of 300 . Therefore , for the strength of every legion of the Roman army employed in the ...
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... horses carrying double panniers ( a rude sort of " cacolet " ) for the conveyance of the wounded who were unable to walk ; and their devotion was stimulated by a reward in money for every wounded man they saved . A body of military ...
... horses carrying double panniers ( a rude sort of " cacolet " ) for the conveyance of the wounded who were unable to walk ; and their devotion was stimulated by a reward in money for every wounded man they saved . A body of military ...
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... horses each . The heavy infantry was of two kinds , — 1st . The Hoplites , armed with a short sword ; the formidable pike or Sarissa , twenty - four feet long ; a helmet , cuirass , greaves , and a small round shield . 2nd . The ...
... horses each . The heavy infantry was of two kinds , — 1st . The Hoplites , armed with a short sword ; the formidable pike or Sarissa , twenty - four feet long ; a helmet , cuirass , greaves , and a small round shield . 2nd . The ...
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... horses , and bear- ing the proportion of one - sixth of the total infantry of the phalanx . The grand phalanx was composed of four of these single phalanxes , and may be considered as the com- mand of a general - in - chief . The double ...
... horses , and bear- ing the proportion of one - sixth of the total infantry of the phalanx . The grand phalanx was composed of four of these single phalanxes , and may be considered as the com- mand of a general - in - chief . The double ...
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... horses , and mules . It is not to be supposed that the soldiers commanded by Hannibal in the second Punic war were organised precisely in the manner above described . Doubtless the Spaniards and Africans who accompanied him to Italy had ...
... horses , and mules . It is not to be supposed that the soldiers commanded by Hannibal in the second Punic war were organised precisely in the manner above described . Doubtless the Spaniards and Africans who accompanied him to Italy had ...
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African allies Apulia Ariminum arms attack battle Beneventum besieging Bruttium camp campaign Campania Cannæ Canusium Capua Carthage Carthaginian Carthaginian army Casilinum cavalry Cisalpine Gaul command consuls defeat defended DICTIONARY encamped enemy engaged English Etruria Fabius favour Flaminius flank force formed front Fulvius garrison Gaulish Gracchus Hannibal Hannibal's Hasdrubal Hastati heavy infantry History hope horse hostile Illustrations Italy legions light infantry light troops Lucania maniples Maps Marcellus MAUNDER'S miles military Minucius neighbourhood Nero nibal Nola Numidians Observation occupied officers operations oppose organise Perusia Placentia plain Plates Post 8vo prætor present Punic R. A. PROCTOR rear reinforce revised Rhone river Roman army Roman cavalry Roman infantry Rome Samnium Scipio Second Edition second Punic war Sempronius senate sent Servilius Sicily siege soldiers Spain Spaniards Square crown 8vo Suessula Tarentum Tifata tion town TREASURY Triarii Varro victorious vols Vulturnus winter Woodcuts
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