The History of RomeRoutledge, 1854 - 497 pagine |
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Pagina 588
... cavalry , never by their infantry , never in open fight , never on equal ground , much less when the ground was fa- vourable . Our soldiers , heavy laden with arms , may reason- ably fear a body of cavalry , or arrows ; defiles of ...
... cavalry , never by their infantry , never in open fight , never on equal ground , much less when the ground was fa- vourable . Our soldiers , heavy laden with arms , may reason- ably fear a body of cavalry , or arrows ; defiles of ...
Pagina 591
... cavalry , left Saticula , which they in vain hoped to relieve , and returned to the siege of Plistia : within a few days after which , the Romans got possession of Saticula by capitulation , and the Samnites of Plistia by force . 23 ...
... cavalry , left Saticula , which they in vain hoped to relieve , and returned to the siege of Plistia : within a few days after which , the Romans got possession of Saticula by capitulation , and the Samnites of Plistia by force . 23 ...
Pagina 597
... cavalry on both wings , with orders to give more heedful attention to the camp behind than to the battle ; for that the line of in- fantry would be able to provide for their own safety . The con- suls took post , Sulpicius on the right ...
... cavalry on both wings , with orders to give more heedful attention to the camp behind than to the battle ; for that the line of in- fantry would be able to provide for their own safety . The con- suls took post , Sulpicius on the right ...
Pagina 598
... cavalry advanced to support them ; and as they were charging in an oblique direction between the two lines , the Roman horse , coming up at full speed , disordered their battalions and ranks of infantry and cavalry , so as to oblige the ...
... cavalry advanced to support them ; and as they were charging in an oblique direction between the two lines , the Roman horse , coming up at full speed , disordered their battalions and ranks of infantry and cavalry , so as to oblige the ...
Pagina 609
... cavalry , getting before them by galloping obliquely across the plain , threw themselves in the way of their flight , on which they quitted the road , and bent their course to the mountains . From thence , in a body , al- most without ...
... cavalry , getting before them by galloping obliquely across the plain , threw themselves in the way of their flight , on which they quitted the road , and bent their course to the mountains . From thence , in a body , al- most without ...
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