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Disappearance of velites
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06-18-2007, 08:25 PM
Excuse me Nik Gaukroger, but I have to correct you.
The last mention of the Velites is for Crassus's army in Plutarch.
You can see paragraph 20 and 25

However I believe that the velites didn't disappear from the Roman Imperial army, but simply the ancient writers called them with other name. According to my opinion they became the Lanceariis quoted in the book of Joseph Flavio

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Re: Disappearance of velites - by Dan Z - 06-17-2007, 07:51 AM
Re: Disappearance of velites - by Roy - 06-17-2007, 08:58 AM
Re: Disappearance of velites - by Dan Howard - 06-17-2007, 09:20 PM
Re: Disappearance of velites - by Matthew - 06-18-2007, 05:02 PM
Re: Disappearance of velites - by sonic - 06-18-2007, 05:37 PM
Re: Disappearance of velites - by Velite - 06-18-2007, 08:25 PM
Re: Disappearance of velites - by Ross Cowan - 06-18-2007, 10:21 PM
Re: Disappearance of velites - by Dan Diffendale - 06-19-2007, 12:48 PM
Re: Disappearance of velites - by Ross Cowan - 06-19-2007, 01:45 PM
Re: Disappearance of velites - by Coriolanus - 06-20-2007, 10:31 PM

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