 | Livy - 1872 - 534 pagine
...light-armed auxiliaries, formed the van. The consuls commanded the wings ; Terentius the left, JEmilius the right. To Geminus Servilius was committed the...persons. The Gauls were naked above the navel : the Spaniards stood arrayed in linen vests resplendent with surprising whiteness, and bordered with purple.... | |
 | Livy - 1882 - 738 pagine
...their line, that the chief command was on that day held 128 THE HISTORY OF ROME. [B. xxn., CHAP. 46. by Paulus. Accordingly, Varro, on the following day,...persons. The Gauls were naked above the navel : the Spaniards stood arrayed in linen vests resplendent with surprising whiteness, and bordered with purple.... | |
 | Titus Livius - 1882 - 84 pagine
...and without points; the Spaniard, accustomed to attack hfs enemy by stabbing rather than by cutting, had swords convenient from their shortness, and with points. The aspect of these nations was terrific beyond the others, not only by the size of their bodies, but also by their appearance... | |
 | Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu, Jehu Baker - 1889 - 540 pagine
...fine, no nation ever prepared for war with so much prudence, or carried it on with so much audacity. Spaniards, who were accustomed to stab more than to...convenient, from their shortness, and with points." (Book XXII, ch. 46, Spillan & Edmond's trans., NY, 1871.) The Gallic sword was therefore limited to... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 560 pagine
...wing, opposite the Roman cavalry : the right wing was assigned to the Numidian cavalry, the center of the line being strongly formed by the infantry,...persons. The Gauls were naked above the navel : the Spaniards stood arrayed in linen vests resplendent with surprising whiteness, and bordered with purple.... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pagine
...and Spaniards were placed. One would suppose the Africans were HANNIBAL AS STRATEGIST AND SOLDIER. 61 for the most part Romans, they were so equipped with...persons. The Gauls were naked above the navel : the Spaniards stood arrayed in linen vests resplendent with surprising whiteness, and bordered with purple.... | |
 | Livy - 1909 - 584 pagine
...light-armed auxiliaries, formed the van. The consuls commanded the wings ; Terentius the left, JEmilius the right. To Geminus . Servilius was committed the...the appearance they exhibited and the size of their ;>ns. The Gauls were naked above the iva\e\.\ \5nfc 3 a -The :-- both Pere< Spaniards stood arrayed... | |
 | Livy - 1909 - 576 pagine
...shields of the Gauls and Spaniards were of the same shape ; their swords unequal and dissimilar. The t Gauls had very long ones, without points. The Spaniards,...persons. The Gauls were naked above the navel : the 3 o Spaniards stood arrayed in linen vests resplendent with surprising whiteness, and bordered with purple.... | |
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Numidian cavalry, the centre of the line being strongly formed by the infantry, so that both extremities of it were composed of Africans, between which Gauls and Spaniards were placed. One would suppose the Africans were for the most part Romans, they... 