 | Livy - 1872 - 534 pagine
...appearance they exhibited and the size of their persons. The Gauls were naked above the navel : the Spaniards stood arrayed in linen vests resplendent...now came to be carried on principally on foot. The battle, however, was more violent than lasting ; and the Roman cavalry being repulsed, turn their backs.... | |
 | Livy - 1879 - 546 pagine
...in the manner of a cavalry battle ; for they were obliged to engage front to front; for as on oi:", side the river, on the other the line of infantry...standing still, and being crowded together, man grappling w;th man, dragged him from his horse. The contesij now came to be carried on principally on foot. The... | |
 | Livy - 1882 - 738 pagine
...engage front to front ; for, as on one side the river, on the other the line of infantry hemmed them jn, there was no space left at their flanks for evolution,...now came to be carried on principally on foot. The battle, however, was more violent than lasting; and the Roman cavalry being repulsed, turn their backs.... | |
 | Livy - 1887 - 548 pagine
...cavalry ten. The generals who commanded the wings were, on the left Hasdrubal, on the right Maliarbal : Hannibal himself, with his brother Mago, commanded...now came to be carried on principally on foot. The battle, however, was more violent than lasting ; and the Roman cavalry being repulsed, turn their backs.... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pagine
...violently in front of the Romans, prevented their seeing far by rolling clouds of dust into their faces. The shout being raised, the auxiliaries charged, and...now came to be carried on principally on foot. The battle, however, was more violent than lasting ; and the Roman cavalry being repulsed, turn their backs.... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 560 pagine
...violently in front of the Romans, prevented their seeing far by rolling clouds of dust into their faces. The shout being raised, the auxiliaries charged, and...now came to be carried on principally on foot. The battle, however, was more violent than lasting ; and the Roman cavalry being repulsed, turn their backs.... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 442 pagine
...violently in front of the Romans, prevented their seeing far by rolling clouds of dust into their faces. The shout being raised, the auxiliaries charged, and...dragged him from his horse. The contest now came to l>e carried on principally on foot. The battle, however, was more violent than lasting ; and the Roman... | |
 | Livy - 1909 - 584 pagine
...with the Roman right wing, by no means in the manner of a cavalry battle ; for they were obliged tc engage front to front; for as on one side the river,...now came to be carried on principally on foot. The battle, however, was more violent than lasting ; and the Roman cavalry being repulsed, turn their backs.... | |
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The shout being raised, the auxiliaries charged, and the battle commenced in the first place with the light-armed troops : then the left wing, consisting of the Gallic and Spanish cavalry, engages with the Roman right wing, by no means in the manner of... 