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... soldier wore a breastplate or coat of mail , brazen greaves , and a brazen helmet with a lofty crest of scarlet or ... soldiers who carried the same equipment as the Principes and Hastati excepting that in place of the pilum and ...
... soldier wore a breastplate or coat of mail , brazen greaves , and a brazen helmet with a lofty crest of scarlet or ... soldiers who carried the same equipment as the Principes and Hastati excepting that in place of the pilum and ...
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... soldier's daily march was from twenty to twenty - five miles , and it must be re- membered that he carried armour . An advanced and rear guard of light cavalry and infantry preceded and closed the march , which was always conducted on ...
... soldier's daily march was from twenty to twenty - five miles , and it must be re- membered that he carried armour . An advanced and rear guard of light cavalry and infantry preceded and closed the march , which was always conducted on ...
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... hoplites . The light infantry soldier , called the psiles , wore no defensive armour beyond a quilted cap and tunic ; and his offensive weapons were the bow and arrow , light 10 INTROD . CAMPAIGNS OF HANNIBAL . GREEK ORGANISATION.
... hoplites . The light infantry soldier , called the psiles , wore no defensive armour beyond a quilted cap and tunic ; and his offensive weapons were the bow and arrow , light 10 INTROD . CAMPAIGNS OF HANNIBAL . GREEK ORGANISATION.
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... soldiers were so closely jammed together that they could not move , ex- cepting all together in the same direction ; the leading files held their bucklers in front of them , the other ranks held their bucklers over the heads of those ...
... soldiers were so closely jammed together that they could not move , ex- cepting all together in the same direction ; the leading files held their bucklers in front of them , the other ranks held their bucklers over the heads of those ...
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... soldiers commanded by Hannibal in the second Punic war were organised precisely in the manner above described . Doubtless the Spaniards and Africans who accompanied him to Italy had been trained to a great extent on that system . But ...
... soldiers commanded by Hannibal in the second Punic war were organised precisely in the manner above described . Doubtless the Spaniards and Africans who accompanied him to Italy had been trained to a great extent on that system . But ...
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