 | Alexander Adam - 1792 - 644 pagine
...into legions, (LEGIO a legendo, quia milites in dele flu Icgebantur, Varro}^ LL iv. 1 6. Each legion was divided into ten cohorts, each cohort into three maniples, and each maniple into two centuries, (MANIPULUS, ex manipulo ve\fafcicuJofeni, haft* vel perficx long* alligato, quern pro figno primum... | |
 | Alexander Adam - 1807 - 636 pagine
...ve\fascicuhftfni, hasta, vel per hear. long<e alligato, qrtem pro sig>w pnimin gerebeit, Ovid. Fast. iii. 117.) So that there were thirty maniples, and sixty centuries in a legion, Cell. xvi. 4. and it there had alwaysbeen ico men in each century, as its name imports, the legion... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1811 - 358 pagine
...enemy to him. 4. Centurio .praefectus, etc. — The Roman army was formed into legions ; each legion was divided into ten cohorts, each cohort into three maniples, and each maniple into two centuries. There were slso 300 cavalry usually joined to each legion. These were divided into ten turmae, or troops,... | |
 | Alexander Adam - 1819 - 598 pagine
...centurion ; vitem poscere, to ask that office, Juvenal, xiv. 1 93., gerere, to bear it, Lucan. vi. 146. There were two centurions in each maniple called by...because the one was chosen and ranked before the other, Tacit. Ann. \. 32. Dionys. ix. 10. Under the emperors persons were made centurions all at once through... | |
 | Alexander Adam - 1819 - 572 pagine
...LL iv. 16. which word is sometimes put for an army, iv. ii. 26. &c. Sallust. Jug- 79.) Each legion was divided into ten cohorts, each cohort into three maniples, and each maniple into two centuries, (MANIPULUS, ex manipulo vel fasciculo fani, hastce, vel periica longce alligato, quern quo rigno primum... | |
 | Alexander Adam - 1819 - 578 pagine
...L. iv. 16. which word is sometimes put for an army, iv. ii. 26. &c. Sallust. Jug. 7y.) Each legion was divided into ten cohorts, each cohort into three maniples, and each maniple into two centuries, (MANIPULUS, ex manipulo vel fasciculo faeni, hastce, vel perticce longce alligiito, quern quo rigno... | |
 | Alexander Adam - 1819 - 602 pagine
...iv. 16., which word is sometimes put for an army, Li-j. ii. 26, &c. Sallust. Jug. /9.) Each legion was divided into ten cohorts, each cohort into three maniples, and each maniple into two centuries, (MANIPULUS, ex manipulo vel fasciculo fceni, haste, vel pei'ticee longa alligata, quern pro signo primnm... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1820 - 366 pagine
...him. • 4. Centiirio..... praefectus, etc. — The Roman army was formed into legions j each legion was divided into ten cohorts, each cohort into three maniples, and each maniple into two centuries. There were also 300 cavalry usually joined to each legion. These were divided into ten tnrmae, or troops,... | |
 | George Crabb - 1823 - 732 pagine
...kings and states were called auxiliaries. " n The Roman army was divided into legions, each legion into ten cohorts, each cohort into three maniples, and each maniple into two centuries. The different kinds of infantry which composed it were three ; namely, the Hastati, Principes, and... | |
 | Alexander Adam - 1826 - 510 pagine
...centurion ; r<Ycw posccrc, to ask that office, Juvenal, xiv. 193. gercre, to bear it. Lucan. vi. 146. name, but distinguished by the title prior, former,...because the one was chosen and ranked before the other, Tacit. Ann. i. 32. Dionys. ix- 10. Under the emperors, persons were made centurions all at once through... | |
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Each Roman legion was divided into ten cohorts ; each cohort into three maniples, and each maniple into two centuries. So that there were thirty maniples and sixty centuries in a legion. There were two centurions in each maniple, called by the same name,... 
