12-02-2009, 08:51 PM
Polybius (Penguin Classics version), Book VI, The Roman Military System.
Para 27: ". . . They pitch the tents of these officers all in one straight line running parallel to the selected side of the square and fifty feet from it, so as to leave space for the hourses, mules and baggage of the Tribunes."
Para 31: "The rampart is dug on all sides at a distance of 200 feet from the tents, and this empty space serves a number of important purposes. . . . Also all the cattle which are brought into the camp and all plunder captured from the enemy are located (here). . . "
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Rob
Para 27: ". . . They pitch the tents of these officers all in one straight line running parallel to the selected side of the square and fifty feet from it, so as to leave space for the hourses, mules and baggage of the Tribunes."
Para 31: "The rampart is dug on all sides at a distance of 200 feet from the tents, and this empty space serves a number of important purposes. . . . Also all the cattle which are brought into the camp and all plunder captured from the enemy are located (here). . . "
Does this help?
Rob
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