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The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08

CHAPTER I
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The second class comprehended all whose estate was from seventy-five to a hundred thousand asses, and of these, seniors and juniors, twenty centuries were enrolled.

The arms enjoined them were a buckler instead of a shield, and except a coat of mail, all the rest were the same.

He appointed the property of the third class to amount to fifty thousand asses; the number of centuries was the same, and formed with the same distinction of age, nor was there any change in their arms, only greaves were taken from them.

In the fourth class, the property was twenty-five thousand asses, the same number of centuries was formed: the arms were changed, nothing was given them but a spear and a long javelin.

The fifth class was increased, thirty centuries were formed; these carried slings and stones for throwing.
Among them were reckoned the horn-blowers, and the trumpeters, distributed into three centuries.


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