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Rank Rumination - Anonymous - 11-02-2004 I think this is the proper venue for a newbie question...<br> <br> Just what is a 'Miles Gregarius'? <img src="http://redrocket.homestead.com/emoticons/ponder.gif" style="border:0;"/> Whenever I see it, I get a mental image of an overly sociable ape-man. <p> [url=http://p211.ezboard.com/fthelotrmoviesitefrm13.showMessage?topicID=1629.topic" target="top]<img src="http://redrocket.homestead.com/files/ptff4.gif" style="border:0;"/>[/url] </p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p200.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=hartlesswench>Hartless Wench</A> at: 11/2/04 9:17 am<br></i> Re: Rank Rumination - Praefectusclassis - 11-02-2004 Miles Gregarius = common soldier. Gregarius derives from ex gregale, from the herd. So maybe you were not far off. <p>Greets<br> <br> Jasper</p><i></i> Re: Rank Rumination - Anonymous - 11-03-2004 "Common"? But my mother always said I was <em>special</em>.<br> <br> Thanks for the explanation, Jasper. I knew I would learn neat stuff nere! <p> [url=http://p211.ezboard.com/fthelotrmoviesitefrm13.showMessage?topicID=1629.topic" target="top]<img src="http://redrocket.homestead.com/files/ptff4.gif" style="border:0;"/>[/url] </p><i></i> Re: Rank Rumination - Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus - 11-03-2004 What about Decurio <p>O xein angellein Lakedaimoniois hoti tede keimetha tois keinon rhemasi peithomenoi -<br> <br> Simonides</p><i></i> Re: Rank Rumination - Jeroen Pelgrom - 11-03-2004 a decurio is a cavalry-officer. He commanded 10 to 30 men in the cavalry-unit of a legion. <p>-------------------------------------------------------<br> A great flame follows a little spark.<br> Dante Alighieri,The Divine Comedy<br> </p><i></i> |