02-24-2014, 05:31 AM
Claudian, (The War against Gildo 1 418-423):
Haec ubi sederunt genero, notissima Marti robora, praecipuos electa pube maniples disponit portugue rates instaurat Etrusco. Herculeam suss Alcides Ioviamque cohortem rex ducit supoerum, premitur nec signifier ullo pondere: festinant adeo vexilla moveri. Nervius insequitur meritusque vocabula Felix dictaque ab Augusto legio momenque probantes invicti clipeoque animosi teste Leones.
The Loeb translation of the relevant sections is as follows:
“When this advice had been accepted by his son in law, Stilicho made ready for war the most famous regiments in the army, selecting there from special companies of picked men: he further prepared the fleet in the harbours of Etruria. Alcides himself commands the Herculean cohort; the king of the gods leads the Jovian. The Nervian cohort follows and the Felix, well deserving its name, the legion, too, named after Augustus, that well called the Unconquered, and the brave regiment of the Lion.”
Can anyone provide translations for the above terms marked in bold? I think “companies” should read “maniples.”
Any help would greatly be appreciated.
Haec ubi sederunt genero, notissima Marti robora, praecipuos electa pube maniples disponit portugue rates instaurat Etrusco. Herculeam suss Alcides Ioviamque cohortem rex ducit supoerum, premitur nec signifier ullo pondere: festinant adeo vexilla moveri. Nervius insequitur meritusque vocabula Felix dictaque ab Augusto legio momenque probantes invicti clipeoque animosi teste Leones.
The Loeb translation of the relevant sections is as follows:
“When this advice had been accepted by his son in law, Stilicho made ready for war the most famous regiments in the army, selecting there from special companies of picked men: he further prepared the fleet in the harbours of Etruria. Alcides himself commands the Herculean cohort; the king of the gods leads the Jovian. The Nervian cohort follows and the Felix, well deserving its name, the legion, too, named after Augustus, that well called the Unconquered, and the brave regiment of the Lion.”
Can anyone provide translations for the above terms marked in bold? I think “companies” should read “maniples.”
Any help would greatly be appreciated.
