Plautus Miles Gloriosus 3.3

Henry Thomas Riley (Translator)

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Miles Gloriosus. Plautus. Henry Thomas Riley (Translator). London. 1912.

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Current edition Perseus

Miles Gloriosus, or The Braggart Captain (English) (Plautus. The Comedies of Plautus, Volume 1. Riley, Henry Thomas, translator. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1912.)

Editions (1)
Miles Gloriosus Perseus (Plautus. Plauti Comoediae, Volume 2. Leo, Friedrich, editor. Berlin: Weidmann, 1896.) — 3.3 focus

Notes on the current edition

Miles Gloriosus, or The Braggart Captain

1. Part of line 805 in the Latin.
2. Acting his part: He alludes to Periplecomenus, who has just left him.
3. Are only well drilled: Manipularis was a term applied to the common soldiers of the legion, inasmuch as they were formed into small companies, marshalled in open order, called manipuli. Each maniple had two centurions, whose duty it was to drill their men, inspect their arms, clothing, and food, visit the sentinels, and regulate the conduct of the privates both in the camp and in the field. They sat as judges in minor offences, and had the power of ordering corporal punishment, whence their badge of office was a vine sapling. Bene centuriati consequently means here well drilled.