08-20-2003, 08:13 PM
Quote:</em></strong><hr> have found this from Thucydides - obviously not Roman, but it sems relevant - about the Spartans at Mantinea in 418BC:<br>
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"LXX. After this they joined battle, the Argives and their allies advancing with haste and fury, the Lacedaemonians slowly and to the music of many flute-players--a standing institution in their army, that has nothing to do with religion, but is meant to make them advance evenly, stepping in time, without breaking their order, as large armies are apt to do in the moment of engaging. "<br>
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Ammianus also mentions Julian- while undergoing military training- practicing the pyrrhic march step which was accompanied by the flute (5..<br>
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"LXX. After this they joined battle, the Argives and their allies advancing with haste and fury, the Lacedaemonians slowly and to the music of many flute-players--a standing institution in their army, that has nothing to do with religion, but is meant to make them advance evenly, stepping in time, without breaking their order, as large armies are apt to do in the moment of engaging. "<br>
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(emphasis is mine) <hr><br>
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Ammianus also mentions Julian- while undergoing military training- practicing the pyrrhic march step which was accompanied by the flute (5..<br>
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