Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Benjamin Oliver Foster, Ph.D. (Editor), Frank Gardener Moore (Editor), Evan T. Sage, Ph.D. (Editor), Alfred C. Schlesinger, Ph.D. (Editor), 42.51.4

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[4] Then there were two thousand chosen from all the force of light infantry¹ for their strength and the vigour of their youth; this unit the Macedonians called the Guard;² its commanders were Leonnatus and Thrasippus, Eulyestans.³

Ab urbe condita. Titus Livius (Livy). Benjamin Oliver Foster, Ph.D. (Editor), Frank Gardener Moore (Editor), Evan T. Sage, Ph.D. (Editor), Alfred C. Schlesinger, Ph.D. (Editor). Medford, MA. .

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Current edition Perseus

History of Rome (English) (Foster, Benjamin Oliver; Moore, Frank Gardener; Sage, Evan T.; Schlesinger, Alfred C., translators. Cambridge, Mass.; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1919-1959. (Loeb Classical Library))

Editions (3)

Ab urbe condita Perseus (Pars I-IV, Libri I-XL. Editio Stereotypica. Weissenborn, Wilhelm; Mueller, Moritz, editors. Leipzig: Teubner, 1884-1911.) — 42.51.4 focus

[4] Hippias Beroeaeus praeerat. delecta deinde et viribus et robore aetatis ex omni caetratorum numero duo milia erant: agema hanc ipsi legionem vocabant; praefectos habebat Leonnatum et Thrasippum Eulyestas.

Ab urbe condita Perseus (Livy in Fourteen Volumes. Foster, Benjamin Oliver; Moore, Frank Gardener; Schlesinger, Alfred C., editors. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd., 1919-1959 (printing).) — 43.23.4 focus

[4] Philostratus¹ cum cohorte sua in insidiis loco ² obscuro consedit. in palatos populatores cum erupissent ab Antigonea armati, ³ fugientes eos persequentes effusius in vallem insessam ab hostibus praecipitant.

Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn Perseus (Weissenborn, W.; Müller, H. J., editors. Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1873-1883.) — 42.51.4 focus

[4] delecta deinde et viribus et robore aetatis ex omni cetratorum numero duo milia erant; agema hanc ipsi legionem vocabant; praefectos habebat Leonnatum et Thrasippum Eulyestas.

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History of Rome Perseus (Spillan, D.; Edmonds, Cyrus; McDevitte, William A., translators. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1849-1868. (Bohn's Classical Library)) — 42.51.4 focus

[4] The amount of the whole was forty-three thousand armed men; of whom about one half composed the phalanx, and were commanded by Hippias of Berœa; there were then two thousand selected for their superior strength, and the vigour of their age, out of the whole number of their shield-bearers: this legion they called, in their own language, Agema, and the command of them was given to Leonatus and Thrasippus of Eulyea.

History of Rome Perseus (Volumes 1-2. Roberts, Canon, Rev, translator. London, New York: J. M. Dent and Sons; E. P. Dutton and Co., 1912.) — 42.51.4 focus

[4] The total number of those who bore arms was 43,000, nearly half of whom formed the phalanx; Hippias of Beroea was in command. Out of the whole force of caetrati, 2000 men in the prime of strength and manhood were selected to form a body known as the "agema," their commanders were Leonnatus and Thrasippus.

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Ab Urbe Condita With An English Translation, books 1-10, 21-45, with periochae 11-20

1. For caetrati cf. XXXI. xxxvi. 1 and the note, also XXVIII. v. 11. These

peltasts

(the Greek term) first came into use in the Peloponnesian War, and were made important by Iphicrates of Athens early in the fourth century; they were conspicuous, as here, in the army of Alexander the Great. They were armed with helmet, shield, long spear and sword.

2. Cf. Polybius V. 65.2, 84. 7; Arrian, Anabasis, II 8.3, III. 11. 9.

3. The name of this people is not found elsewhere, and is probably corrupt. Weissenborn conjectures Elymiotas, or Lyncestas.

Titus Livius (Livy) Ab urbe condita 42.51.4

Benjamin Oliver Foster, Ph.D. (Editor), Frank Gardener Moore (Editor), Evan T. Sage, Ph.D. (Editor), Alfred C. Schlesinger, Ph.D. (Editor)

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