 ... covered with balls; on the fourth day they rested ; on the fifth they again performed evolutions under arms. This succession of exercise and rest they kept up as long as they staid at Carthage. The rowers and mariners, pushing out to sea when the...  The History of Rome - Pagina 415di Livy - 1882Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Titus Livius - 1849 - 560 pagine
...rowers and mariners, pushing out to sea when the weather was calm, made trial of the manageableness of their ships by mock sea-fights. Such exercises,...dock-yard with his fleet, at another he exercised with the legions; sometimes he would devote his time to the inspection of the works, which were every day carried... | |
 | Livy - 1879 - 546 pagine
...to sea when the weather was calm, made trial of the manageableness of their ships by mock searfights Such exercises, both by sea and land, without the...with his fleet, at another he exercised with, the legions ; sometimes he would devote his time to the inspection of the works, which were ovary day carried... | |
 | Theodore Ayrault Dodge - 1891 - 728 pagine
...rowers and mariners, pushing out to sea when the weather was calm, made trial of the manageableness of their ships by mock sea-fights. Such exercises,...the city, prepared their minds and bodies for war." — Livy. This describes the exercises constantly indulged in by the Roman army and navy, both in peace... | |
 | 1926 - 896 pagine
...point." On the fifth day they began the course again, and continued during their stay at Cartagena. " The general went round to all the works with equal...dockyard with his fleet, at another he exercised with the legions " (Livy). Then, when the walls had been repaired, he left adequate detachments to hold the... | |
 | Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart - 1927 - 322 pagine
...sea when the weather was calm, made trial of the manoeuvring of their ships in mock sea-fights." " The general went round to all the works with equal...dockyard with his fleet, at another he exercised with the legions ; sometimes he would devote himself to the inspection of the works, which every day were carried... | |
 | Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart - 1971 - 320 pagine
...to sea when the weather was calm, made trial of the manoeuvring of their ships in mock sea-fights." "The general went round to all the works with equal...dockyard with his fleet, at another he exercised with the legions ; sometimes he would devote himself to the inspection of the works, which every day were carried... | |
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