<head lang="la">VI. De Militia Romana</head><w lemma="%2A%29epeida%5Cn">Ἐπειδὰν</w> <w lemma="a%29podei%2Fcwsi">ἀποδείξωσι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Ftous">ὑπάτους</w>, <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="xilia%2Frxous">χιλιάρχους</w> <w lemma="kaqista%3Dsi">καθιστᾶσι</w>, <w lemma="tettaraskai%2Fdeka">τετταρασκαίδεκα</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pe%2Fnt%27">πέντ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29niausi%2Fous">ἐνιαυσίους</w> <w lemma="e%29xo%2Fntwn">ἐχόντων</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Fdh">ἤδη</w> <w lemma="stratei%2Fas">στρατείας</w>, <w lemma="de%2Fka">δέκα</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllous">ἄλλους</w> <w lemma="su%5Cn">σὺν</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="de%2Fka">δέκα</w>.
<w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="loipw%3Dn">λοιπῶν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="i%28ppei%3Ds">ἱππεῖς</w> <w lemma="de%2Fka">δέκα</w>, <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="pezou%5Cs">πεζοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%28%5Cc">ἓξ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="de%2Fka">δέκα</w> <w lemma="dei%3D">δεῖ</w> <w lemma="stratei%2Fas">στρατείας</w> <w lemma="telei%3Dn">τελεῖν</w> <w lemma="kat%27">κατ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29na%2Fgkhn">ἀνάγκην</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="tettara%2Fkonta">τετταράκοντα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="e%28%5Cc">ἓξ</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ftesin">ἔτεσιν</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="genea%3Ds">γενεᾶς</w> <w lemma="plh%5Cn">πλὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="tetrakosi%2Fas">τετρακοσίας</w> <w lemma="draxma%5Cs">δραχμὰς</w> <w lemma="tetimhme%2Fnwn:">τετιμημένων·</w>
<w lemma="tou%2Ftous">τούτους</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="paria%3Dsi">παριᾶσι</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntas">πάντας</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="nautikh%5Cn">ναυτικὴν</w> <w lemma="xrei%2Fan">χρείαν</w>. <w lemma="e%29a%5Cn">ἐὰν</w> <w lemma="de%2F">δέ</w> <w lemma="pote">ποτε</w> <w lemma="katepei%2Fgh%7C">κατεπείγῃ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="perista%2Fsews">περιστάσεως</w>, <w lemma="o%29fei%2Flousin">ὀφείλουσιν</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="pezoi%5C">πεζοὶ</w> <w lemma="strateu%2Fein">στρατεύειν</w> <w lemma="ei%29%2Fkosi">εἴκοσι</w> <w lemma="stratei%2Fas">στρατείας</w> <w lemma="e%29niausi%2Fous">ἐνιαυσίους</w>.
<w lemma="politikh%5Cn">πολιτικὴν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="labei%3Dn">λαβεῖν</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%5Cn">ἀρχὴν</w> <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fcestin">ἔξεστιν</w> <w lemma="ou%29deni%5C">οὐδενὶ</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fteron">πρότερον</w>, <w lemma="e%29a%5Cn">ἐὰν</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="de%2Fka">δέκα</w> <w lemma="stratei%2Fas">στρατείας</w> <w lemma="e%29niausi%2Fous">ἐνιαυσίους</w> <w lemma="h%29%3D%7C">ᾖ</w> <w lemma="tetelekw%2Fs">τετελεκώς</w>.
<w lemma="e%29a%5Cn">ἐὰν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fllwsi">μέλλωσι</w> <w lemma="poiei%3Dsqai">ποιεῖσθαι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="katagrafh%5Cn">καταγραφὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="stratiwtw%3Dn">στρατιωτῶν</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Ftous">ὑπάτους</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxontes">ἔχοντες</w> <w lemma="a%29rxa%2Fs">ἀρχάς</w>, <w lemma="prole%2Fgousin">προλέγουσιν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="dh%2Fmw%7C">δήμῳ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="h%28me%2Fran">ἡμέραν</w>, <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="h%28%3D%7C">ᾗ</w> <w lemma="deh%2Fsei">δεήσει</w> <w lemma="paragene%2Fsqai">παραγενέσθαι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="h%28liki%2Fais">ἡλικίαις</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fous">Ῥωμαίους</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fpantas">ἅπαντας</w>. <w lemma="poiou%3Dsi">ποιοῦσι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="kaq%27">καθ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fkaston">ἕκαστον</w> <w lemma="e%29niauto%2Fn">ἐνιαυτόν</w>.
<w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%28me%2Fras">ἡμέρας</w> <w lemma="e%29pelqou%2Fshs">ἐπελθούσης</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="strateusi%2Fmwn">στρατευσίμων</w> <w lemma="paragenome%2Fnwn">παραγενομένων</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmhn">Ῥώμην</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dq%27">ταῦθ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%28qroisqe%2Fntwn">ἁθροισθέντων</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="%2Akapetw%2Flion">Καπετώλιον</w>, <w lemma="diei%3Dlon">διεῖλον</w> <w lemma="sfa%3Ds">σφᾶς</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="new%2Fteroi">νεώτεροι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="xilia%2Frxwn">χιλιάρχων</w>,
<w lemma="kaqa%2Fper">καθάπερ</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="dh%2Fmou">δήμου</w> <w lemma="katastaqw%3Dsin">κατασταθῶσιν</w> <w lemma="h%29%5C">ἢ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="strathgw%3Dn">στρατηγῶν</w>, <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="te%2Fttara">τέτταρα</w> <w lemma="me%2Frh">μέρη</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="te%2Fttara">τέτταρα</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="strato%2Fpeda">στρατόπεδα</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="o%28losxerh%3D">ὁλοσχερῆ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="prw%2Fthn">πρώτην</w> <w lemma="diai%2Fresin">διαίρεσιν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmewn">δυνάμεων</w> <w lemma="poiei%3Dsqai">ποιεῖσθαι</w>.
<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="prw%2Ftous">πρώτους</w> <w lemma="katastaqe%2Fntas">κατασταθέντας</w> <w lemma="te%2Fttaras">τέτταρας</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w> <w lemma="kalou%2Fmenon">καλούμενον</w> <w lemma="strato%2Fpedon">στρατόπεδον</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fneiman">ἔνειμαν</w>, <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28ch%3Ds">ἑξῆς</w> <w lemma="trei%3Ds">τρεῖς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="deu%2Fteron">δεύτερον</w>, <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28pome%2Fnous">ἑπομένους</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="te%2Fttaras">τέτταρας</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="tri%2Fton">τρίτον</w>, <w lemma="trei%3Ds">τρεῖς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="teleutai%2Fous">τελευταίους</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="te%2Ftarton">τέταρτον</w>.
<w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="presbute%2Frwn">πρεσβυτέρων</w> <w lemma="du%2Fo">δύο</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="prw%2Ftous">πρώτους</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w>, <w lemma="trei%3Ds">τρεῖς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="deute%2Frous">δευτέρους</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="deu%2Fteron">δεύτερον</w> <w lemma="tiqe%2Fasi">τιθέασι</w> <w lemma="strato%2Fpedon">στρατόπεδον</w>, <w lemma="du%2Fo">δύο</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%28ch%3Ds">ἑξῆς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="tri%2Fton">τρίτον</w>, <w lemma="trei%3Ds">τρεῖς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="teleutai%2Fous">τελευταίους</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="te%2Ftarton">τέταρτον</w> [<w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w>
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<head>On the Roman Army</head>After electing the Consuls they proceed to elect military tribunes,—fourteen from those who had five years', and ten from those who had ten years', service. All citizens must serve ten years in the cavalry or twenty years in the infantry before the forty-sixth year of their age, except those rated below four hundred asses. The latter are employed in the navy; but if any great public necessity arises they are obliged to serve as infantry also for twenty campaigns: and no one can hold an office in the state until he has completed ten years of military service. . . .When the Consuls are about to enrol the army they<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note23">The levy.</note>give public notice of the day on which all Roman citizens of military age must appear. This is done every year. When the day has arrived,<pb n="475" />and the citizens fit for service are come to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> and have assembled on the Capitoline, the fourteen junior tribunes divide themselves, in the order in which they were appointed by the people or by the Imperators, into four divisions, because the primary division of the forces thus raised is into four legions. The four tribunes first appointed are assigned to the legion called the 1st; the next three to the 2d; the next four to the 3d; and the three last to the 4th. Of the ten senior tribunes, the two first are assigned to the 1st legion; the next three to the 2d; the two next to the 3d; and the three last to the 4th.
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