A School Dictionary of Greek and Roman AntiquitiesHarper & Brothers, 1889 - 371 pages |
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... soldiers . and thus opposed to the toga , the garb of peace . [ TOGA . ] The abolla was used by the classes at Rome , and consequently by the philosophers who affected severity of manners and life . Abacus . ABLE G ΜΙΝΑ ( απολεγμοί ) ...
... soldiers . and thus opposed to the toga , the garb of peace . [ TOGA . ] The abolla was used by the classes at Rome , and consequently by the philosophers who affected severity of manners and life . Abacus . ABLE G ΜΙΝΑ ( απολεγμοί ) ...
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... soldiers in the Roman army , who were enlisted after the full number of the legion had been completed , in order to supply any vacancies that might occur in the legion . They were taken , according to the census of Servius Tullius ...
... soldiers in the Roman army , who were enlisted after the full number of the legion had been completed , in order to supply any vacancies that might occur in the legion . They were taken , according to the census of Servius Tullius ...
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... soldiers . The Romans had no other coinage except bronze or copper ( aes ) , till B. C. 269 , five years before the first Punic war , when silver was first coined ; gold was not coined till sixty - two years after silver . The first ...
... soldiers . The Romans had no other coinage except bronze or copper ( aes ) , till B. C. 269 , five years before the first Punic war , when silver was first coined ; gold was not coined till sixty - two years after silver . The first ...
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... soldiers wore helmets . ie AMBITUS . appear to have attended to their masters. ALAUDA . ALIPTAE . 15 AISUMNETES ( alovμvýτng ) , an individ- val , who was sometimes invested with unlim- ited power by the Greek states . His power ...
... soldiers wore helmets . ie AMBITUS . appear to have attended to their masters. ALAUDA . ALIPTAE . 15 AISUMNETES ( alovμvýτng ) , an individ- val , who was sometimes invested with unlim- ited power by the Greek states . His power ...
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... soldier's allowance of provisions for a certain time . It is used also in the plural for yearly or monthly distributions of pay in corn , & c . A'NNULUS ( dakтýλoç ) , a ring . It is probable that the custom of wearing rings was ...
... soldier's allowance of provisions for a certain time . It is used also in the plural for yearly or monthly distributions of pay in corn , & c . A'NNULUS ( dakтýλoç ) , a ring . It is probable that the custom of wearing rings was ...
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