07-29-2001, 01:23 PM
Salve,<br>
<br>
The marching cadence is described by Ammianus Mrecllinus as an anapest (short-short-long) in this passage.<br>
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24.6.10: <i> Ergo ubi vicissim contiguae se cernerent partes, cristatis galeis corusci Romani vibrantesque clipeos velut pedis anapaesti praecinentibus modulis lenius procedebant,...</i><br>
'Therefore, where the nearing sides could both discern each other, the Romans gleaming with their crested helmets and knocking their shields as playing a tune to the anapest foot advanced slowly,...'<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Sander van Dorst <p></p><i></i>
<br>
The marching cadence is described by Ammianus Mrecllinus as an anapest (short-short-long) in this passage.<br>
<br>
24.6.10: <i> Ergo ubi vicissim contiguae se cernerent partes, cristatis galeis corusci Romani vibrantesque clipeos velut pedis anapaesti praecinentibus modulis lenius procedebant,...</i><br>
'Therefore, where the nearing sides could both discern each other, the Romans gleaming with their crested helmets and knocking their shields as playing a tune to the anapest foot advanced slowly,...'<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Sander van Dorst <p></p><i></i>
