 | Alexander Adam - 1807 - 636 pagine
...soldier was to suffer this punishment, the tribune first struck him gently with a staff, on which signal all the soldiers of the legion fell upon him with sticks and stones, and generally killed him on the spot. If he made his escape, for he might fly, he could not ^however return to his native country,... | |
 | Alexander Adam - 1819 - 572 pagine
...soldier was to suffer this punishment, the tribune first struck him gently with a .staff, on which signal all the soldiers of the legion fell upon him with sticks and stones, and generally killed him on the spot. If he made his escape, for he might fly, he could not however return to his native country,... | |
 | Alexander Adam - 1819 - 578 pagine
...soldier was to suffer this punishment, the tribune first struck him gently with a staff, on which signal all the soldiers of the legion fell upon him with sticks and stones, and generally killed him on the spot. If he made his escape, for he might fly, he could not however return U) his native country,... | |
 | Alexander Adam - 1819 - 602 pagine
...was to suffer this punishment, the tribune first struck him gently with a staff', on which signal, all the soldiers of the legion fell upon him with sticks and stones, and generally killed him on the spot. If he made his escape, for he might fly, he could not however return to his native country,... | |
 | Alexander Adam - 1835 - 570 pagine
...soldier was to suffer this punishment, the tribune first struck him gently with a staff, on which signal, all the soldiers of the legion fell upon him with sticks and stones, and generally killed him on the spot. If he made Ids escape, for he might fly, he could not however return to his native country... | |
 | P. Austin Nuttall - 1840 - 722 pagine
...soldier was to suffer this punishment, the tribune first struck him gently with a staff, on which signal all the soldiers of the legion fell upon him with sticks and stones, and generally killed him on the spot. If he made his escape, for he might fly, he could not however return to his native country;... | |
 | Titus Livius - 1843 - 504 pagine
...soldier was to suffer this punishment, the tribune first struck him gently with a staff, on which signal, all the soldiers of the legion fell upon him with sticks and stones, and generally killed him on the spot. If he made his escape, for he might fly, he could not however return to his native country,... | |
 | Encyclopaedia, William Wardlaw Ramsay - 1851 - 518 pagine
...running the gauntlet. When a soldier was condemned to undergo this, one of the tribunes touched him with a stick, upon which all the soldiers of the legion fell upon him with stones and clubs, and generally despatched him. He was, however, allowed to run for Ыз life, but... | |
 | William Smith - 1868 - 492 pagine
...of gladiators, the retiarius was armed with a trident. [ GLADIATORES. ] FUSTÜARÍUM (£uAoK07T¿a), was a capital punishment inflicted upon Roman, soldiers...relatives dare to receive him into their houses. FUSUS (атршстос), the spindle, was always, when in use, accompanied by the distaff (colus, ^Aíuíárrj),... | |
 | William Smith - 1898 - 886 pagine
...({uAoKoiria), called also fusti vercutere, was a military punishment inflicted for the highest offences. When a soldier was condemned, the tribune touched...stones, and generally killed him upon the spot. If he escaped, he might not return to his native country, nor to the house of his relatives. The fustuarium... | |
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Polyb. vi. 35., which was the usual punishment of theft, desertion, perjury, &c. When a soldier was to suffer this punishment, the tribune first struck him gently with a staff', on which signal, all the soldiers of the legion fell upon him with sticks... 
