Fasciculus Primus Historiae Britannicae Selected From The Writings Of Caesar And Tacitus To Which Are Added Notes By W Drake PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1845 edition. Excerpt: ...cansed the prolongation of the war, nor by oppression and wrong provuhod insurrection. Zh.fidem orationis, the eredit they gave to his speeeh. peditum onxilia, the infantry anxiliary troops. cornihus affunderentur, were spread ont in the wings. The metaphor is tahon from an overflow of water. ingens viotoria, fyc, a great glory of rictory to one waging war withont Roman hlood; i. e. a great additional cause of glory, if he conld win the battle withont the shedding of Roman blood. covinarius, se. miles. The soldiers who occupied the scythe chariots, called esseda by Caesar: the Roman covinus was a covered travelling van open in front; and it is prohahle, from the adoption of the name, that the Caledonian covinus was of similar shape. The Celtic is howain. Qu. cocered wain. discursu, shirmishing hither and thither. Observe the force of dis. diductis ordinihus, having drawn ont his ranhs; spread ont his army. pedes ante cexilla constitit, placed himself on foot before the standards. So Suetonius reports of Caesar: "Ancipiti proelio equos dimittehat et in primis suum, quo major permanendi necessitas imponeretur, anxilio fugae erepto." Ney, in the retreat from Moscow and on other occasions, did the same. The common story of Napoleon haring acted in the same way in the ascent of the Alps has lately hcen contradicted. 36. simul constantia, simul arte, hoth with steadiness and shill. cetra. A small ronnd shield, used hy the Osci and the Spaniards; and most probahly identical with the target of hide, whieh formed, to a very recent period, part of the equipment of the Scottish highlander. Tungri. A German trihe who had erossed into Gaul and settled there. Perhaps their name survives in Tungersheim in Franconia. rem ad muerones adducere, ...