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... Gaulish irregulars . The only cavalry we read of as having accompanied him into Italy consisted of Numidian irregulars , who were yet very formidable in the field , and the best scouts in the world . But , after his entrance into Italy ...
... Gaulish irregulars . The only cavalry we read of as having accompanied him into Italy consisted of Numidian irregulars , who were yet very formidable in the field , and the best scouts in the world . But , after his entrance into Italy ...
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... Gaulish heavy cavalry , completely defeated the Roman horse , and in which Scipio himself was dangerously wounded . Here was first established the superiority of the cavalry of Hannibal over that of the Romans , to which he owed much of ...
... Gaulish heavy cavalry , completely defeated the Roman horse , and in which Scipio himself was dangerously wounded . Here was first established the superiority of the cavalry of Hannibal over that of the Romans , to which he owed much of ...
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... Gaulish infantry , amounting to about 20,000 men . The elephants and the cavalry , 10,000 strong , were divided between the wings . The battle was opened as usual by the light troops ; and the Roman Velites , already exhausted with ...
... Gaulish infantry , amounting to about 20,000 men . The elephants and the cavalry , 10,000 strong , were divided between the wings . The battle was opened as usual by the light troops ; and the Roman Velites , already exhausted with ...
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... Romans had fortified during the Gaulish war , both for the purposes of a depôt and to act as a check upon the Ligurians . Although he was in possession of Clas- tidium which served him as a place d'armes , Vicumviæ E 3 Page.
... Romans had fortified during the Gaulish war , both for the purposes of a depôt and to act as a check upon the Ligurians . Although he was in possession of Clas- tidium which served him as a place d'armes , Vicumviæ E 3 Page.
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... Gaulish assassin . Meanwhile the new Roman consuls chosen for the year 217 were , – --- Servilius , who belonged to the aristocratic party , and Flaminius , who , although himself of a patrician family , had procured the passage of an ...
... Gaulish assassin . Meanwhile the new Roman consuls chosen for the year 217 were , – --- Servilius , who belonged to the aristocratic party , and Flaminius , who , although himself of a patrician family , had procured the passage of an ...
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