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The long old Roman hasta, whence the name hastati, had long before Cato's time been discarded for the pilum or short javelin, which was thrown at the enemy from a distance before the troops closed and used the sword. CONSILIUM: the repetition of consilium in a different sense from that which it had in the sentence before seems to us awkward; but many such repetitions are found in Cicero.
The pilum was considered by the ancients as quite a Roman invention. I. XIII. Landed Proprietors II. III. Combination of the Plebian Aristocracy and the Farmers against the Nobility I. XIII. System of Joint Cultivation I. XIII. Inland Commerce of the Italians I. XIII. Commerce in Latium Passive, in Etruria Active I. XIII. Etrusco-Attic, and Latino-Sicilian Commerce
But nothing Greek for me." Contemptuous diminutive for Greek. "Intolerant, intolerant," retorted Drusus, "we are all Greek, we Romans of to-day what is left of old Latium but her half-discarded language, her laws worse than discarded, perverted, her good pilum which has not quite lost its cunning, and her " The heavy short javelin carried by the Roman legionary, only about six feet long.
Even the severe discipline of ancient Rome permitted a soldier, after many campaigns, to claim his dismission; and Halifax had surely done enough for his country to be entitled to the same privilege. But the poet added that there was one case in which the Roman veteran, even after his discharge, was required to resume his shield and his pilum; and that one case was an invasion of the Gauls.
Tepas, who ruled his men with scourge and pilum, had made himself feared of all save the young Roman noble. Appius halted, looking scornfully at the Jew. Then he shouted: "A knave, upon my honor! 'Tis better to be drunk, for then one has hope of recovery. You long-haired dog! Here is something would make you bay the moon. Drink and howl. You weary me with silence."
The pilum was considered by the ancients as quite a Roman invention. I. XIII. Landed Proprietors II. III. Combination of the Plebian Aristocracy and the Farmers against the Nobility I. XIII. System of Joint Cultivation I. XIII. Inland Commerce of the Italians I. XIII. Commerce in Latium Passive, in Etruria Active I. XIII. Etrusco-Attic, and Latino-Sicilian Commerce
In the manipular legion the thrusting-lance was confined to the third division, and instead of it the first two were furnished with a new and peculiar Italian missile weapon, the -pilum- a square or round piece of wood, four and a half feet long, with a triangular or quadrangular iron point which had been originally perhaps invented for the defence of the ramparts of the camp, but was soon transferred from the rear to the front ranks, and was hurled by the advancing line into the ranks of the enemy at a distance of from ten to twenty paces.
Shaw really did say, so we had better illustrate the different methods from something that we do know. Most of us, I suppose, know Mark Antony's Funeral Speech in "Julius Cæsar." Now Mark Antony would have no reason to complain if he were not reported at all; if the Daily Pilum or the Morning Fasces, or whatever it was, confined itself to saying, "Mr. Mark Antony also spoke," or "Mr.
The weapons were a light spear, a pilum, or javelin, over six feet long, terminated by a steel point, and a short cut-and-thrust sword with a double edge.
The worst condemnation of slavery is, that it degrades the characters of its victims, developing the servile vices of cowardice, meanness, and cruelty all of which vices are manifest in Pilate's character. But such a promotion as this theory implies would be most improbable. A more likely explanation connects the name with pilum, a javelin.
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