| Thomas Keightley - 1836 - 514 σελίδες
...but Decius interrupted him, saying that now was the time to take the enemy by surprise. The army was led out, and the scattered Samnites were fallen on...Samnites clamoured to storm it, but the caution of their leaders withheld them. Necessity soon compelled them to scour the country in quest of provisions, and... | |
| Thomas Keightley - 1836 - 538 σελίδες
...future. The army further wove the obsidional crown of grass and placed it MUTINY IN THE ROMAN ARMY. 137 on the brows of Decius, and a similar crown was bestowed...Samnites clamoured to storm it, but the caution of their leaders withheld them. Necessity soon compelled them to scour the country in quest of provisions, and... | |
| Thomas Keightley - 1849 - 504 σελίδες
...his comrades in pe'il, and each soldier presented them with a pound of corn and a pint (scxtarius) of wine, while the consul, giving them each an ox...numbers. Deceived by the size of their camp the Samnites clamored to storm it, but the caution of their leaders withheld them. Necessity soon compelled them... | |
| Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 702 σελίδες
...on all they met, and got off without loss. They reached their own camp while it was yet night, but they halted outside of it till the day was come. At...Samnites clamoured to storm it, but the caution of their leaders withheld them. Necessity soon compelled them to scour the country in quest of provisions, and... | |
| Henry Smith Williams - 1907 - 714 σελίδες
...his comrades in peril, and each soldier presented them with a pound of corn and a pint (aextariiui) of wine, while the consul, giving them each an ox...Samnites clamoured to storm it, but the caution of their leaders withheld them. Necessity soon compelled them to scour the country in quest of provisions, and... | |
| Henry Smith Williams - 1908 - 706 σελίδες
...were the generous arts by which Rome fostered the heroic spirit in her sons ! Meantime the Saranites at Suessula had been largely reinforced, and they...their numbers. Deceived by the size of their camp the Samuites clamoured to storm it, but the caution of their leaders withheld them. Necessity soon compelled... | |
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