10-18-2017, 01:20 PM
Statius Silvae 5
praeterea, fidos dominus si dividat enses,
pandere quis centum valeat frenare, maniplos 95
inter missus eques, quis praecepisse cohorti,
quem deceat clari praestantior ordo tribuni,
quisnam frenigerae signum dare dignior alae;
Moreover, should the Master distribute loyal swords, to make known who suffices to control a century, a knight sent among the companies of foot, who to command a cohort, whom the more excellent rank of illustriuous tribune befits, who is suited rather to give orders to a cavalry troop.
(Statius in Two Volumes I ; J.H.Mozley M.A. Loeb Library)
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So cohorts organized by manipels in emperor Domitian’s timeframe.
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Anonymus, Carmina Priapea, XLVI; 1 (opus c.100AD)
O non candidior puella Mauro, sed morbosior omnibus cinaedis, pygmaeo brevior gruem timenti, ursis asperior pilosiorque, Medis laxior Indicisve bracis: manes hinc, licet ut liberet, ires; nam quamvis videar satis paratus, erucarum opus est decem maniplis, fossas inguinis ut teram dolemque cunni vermiculos scaturrientis.
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10 manipels (digging?). Another example of the manipel organization.
praeterea, fidos dominus si dividat enses,
pandere quis centum valeat frenare, maniplos 95
inter missus eques, quis praecepisse cohorti,
quem deceat clari praestantior ordo tribuni,
quisnam frenigerae signum dare dignior alae;
Moreover, should the Master distribute loyal swords, to make known who suffices to control a century, a knight sent among the companies of foot, who to command a cohort, whom the more excellent rank of illustriuous tribune befits, who is suited rather to give orders to a cavalry troop.
(Statius in Two Volumes I ; J.H.Mozley M.A. Loeb Library)
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So cohorts organized by manipels in emperor Domitian’s timeframe.
*
Anonymus, Carmina Priapea, XLVI; 1 (opus c.100AD)
O non candidior puella Mauro, sed morbosior omnibus cinaedis, pygmaeo brevior gruem timenti, ursis asperior pilosiorque, Medis laxior Indicisve bracis: manes hinc, licet ut liberet, ires; nam quamvis videar satis paratus, erucarum opus est decem maniplis, fossas inguinis ut teram dolemque cunni vermiculos scaturrientis.
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10 manipels (digging?). Another example of the manipel organization.