<w lemma="presbute%2Frwn">πρεσβυτέρων</w>]. <w lemma="genome%2Fnhs">γενομένης</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="diaire%2Fsews">διαιρέσεως</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="katasta%2Fsews">καταστάσεως</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="xilia%2Frxwn">χιλιάρχων</w> <w lemma="toiau%2Fths">τοιαύτης</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Fste">ὥστε</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fnta">πάντα</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="strato%2Fpeda">στρατόπεδα</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="i%29%2Fsous">ἴσους</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxein">ἔχειν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Frxontas">ἄρχοντας</w>,
<w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="kaqi%2Fsantes">καθίσαντες</w> <w lemma="xwri%5Cs">χωρὶς</w> <w lemma="a%29llh%2Flwn">ἀλλήλων</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="strato%2Fpedon">στρατόπεδον</w> <w lemma="klhrou%3Dsi">κληροῦσι</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="fula%5Cs">φυλὰς</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="mi%2Fan">μίαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="proskalou%3Dntai">προσκαλοῦνται</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29ei%5C">ἀεὶ</w> <w lemma="laxou%3Dsan">λαχοῦσαν</w>.
<w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fths">ταύτης</w> <w lemma="e%29kle%2Fgousi">ἐκλέγουσι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="neani%2Fskwn">νεανίσκων</w> <w lemma="te%2Fttaras">τέτταρας</w> <w lemma="e%29pieikw%3Ds">ἐπιεικῶς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="paraplhsi%2Fous">παραπλησίους</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="h%28liki%2Fais">ἡλικίαις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fcesi">ἕξεσι</w>.
<w lemma="prosaxqe%2Fntwn">προσαχθέντων</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="lamba%2Fnousi">λαμβάνουσι</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dtoi">πρῶτοι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29klogh%5Cn">ἐκλογὴν</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="prw%2Ftou">πρώτου</w> <w lemma="stratope%2Fdou">στρατοπέδου</w>, <w lemma="deu%2Fteroi">δεύτεροι</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="deute%2Frou">δευτέρου</w>, <w lemma="tri%2Ftoi">τρίτοι</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="tri%2Ftou">τρίτου</w>, <w lemma="teleutai%3Doi">τελευταῖοι</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="teta%2Frtou">τετάρτου</w>.
<w lemma="pa%2Flin">πάλιν</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllwn">ἄλλων</w> <w lemma="tetta%2Frwn">τεττάρων</w> <w lemma="prosaxqe%2Fntwn">προσαχθέντων</w> <w lemma="lamba%2Fnousi">λαμβάνουσι</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dtoi">πρῶτοι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="ai%28%2Fresin">αἵρεσιν</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="deute%2Frou">δευτέρου</w> <w lemma="stratope%2Fdou">στρατοπέδου</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="e%28ch%3Ds">ἑξῆς</w> <w lemma="ou%28%2Ftws">οὕτως</w>, <w lemma="teleutai%3Doi">τελευταῖοι</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="prw%2Ftou">πρώτου</w>.
<w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="pa%2Flin">πάλιν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllwn">ἄλλων</w> <w lemma="tetta%2Frwn">τεττάρων</w> <w lemma="prosaxqe%2Fntwn">προσαχθέντων</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dtoi">πρῶτοι</w> <w lemma="lamba%2Fnousin">λαμβάνουσιν</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="tri%2Ftou">τρίτου</w> <w lemma="stratope%2Fdou">στρατοπέδου</w>, <w lemma="teleutai%3Doi">τελευταῖοι</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="deute%2Frou">δευτέρου</w>.
[<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w>] <w lemma="ai%29ei%5C">αἰεὶ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgon">λόγον</w> <w lemma="ou%28%2Ftws">οὕτως</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="perio%2Fdou">περιόδου</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29klogh%3Ds">ἐκλογῆς</w> <w lemma="ginome%2Fnhs">γινομένης</w> <w lemma="paraplhsi%2Fous">παραπλησίους</w> <w lemma="sumbai%2Fnei">συμβαίνει</w> <w lemma="lamba%2Fnesqai">λαμβάνεσθαι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fndras">ἄνδρας</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fkaston">ἕκαστον</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="stratope%2Fdwn">στρατοπέδων</w>.
<w lemma="o%28%2Ftan">ὅταν</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29kle%2Fcwsi">ἐκλέξωσι</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="prokei%2Fmenon">προκείμενον</w> <w lemma="plh%3Dqos">πλῆθος</w> — <w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fstin">ἔστιν</w> <w lemma="o%28te%5C">ὁτὲ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fkaston">ἕκαστον</w> <w lemma="strato%2Fpedon">στρατόπεδον</w> <w lemma="pezoi%5C">πεζοὶ</w> <w lemma="tetrakisxi%2Flioi">τετρακισχίλιοι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="diako%2Fsioi">διακόσιοι</w>, <w lemma="pote%5C">ποτὲ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="pentakisxi%2Flioi">πεντακισχίλιοι</w>, <w lemma="e%29peida%5Cn">ἐπειδὰν</w> <w lemma="mei%2Fzwn">μείζων</w> <w lemma="tis">τις</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="profai%2Fnhtai">προφαίνηται</w> <w lemma="ki%2Fndunos">κίνδυνος</w> —
<w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="i%28ppei%3Ds">ἱππεῖς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="palaio%5Cn">παλαιὸν</w> <w lemma="u%28ste%2Frous">ὑστέρους</w> <w lemma="ei%29w%2Fqesan">εἰώθεσαν</w> <w lemma="dokima%2Fzein">δοκιμάζειν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="tetrakisxili%2Fois">τετρακισχιλίοις</w> <w lemma="diakosi%2Fois">διακοσίοις</w>, <w lemma="nu%3Dn">νῦν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="prote%2Frous">προτέρους</w>, <w lemma="plouti%2Fndhn">πλουτίνδην</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="gegenhme%2Fnhs">γεγενημένης</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="timhtou%3D">τιμητοῦ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29klogh%3Ds:">ἐκλογῆς·</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="poiou%3Dsi">ποιοῦσι</w> <w lemma="triakosi%2Fous">τριακοσίους</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fkaston">ἕκαστον</w> <w lemma="strato%2Fpedon">στρατόπεδον</w>.
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<head>Allocation of Men to the Legions</head>This division and assignment of the tribunes having been settled in such a way that all four legions have an equal number of officers, the tribunes of the several legions take up a separate position and draw lots for the tribes one by one; and summon the tribe on whom it from time to time falls. From this tribe they select four young men as nearly like each other in age and physical strength as possible. These four are brought forward, and the tribunes of the first legion picks out one of them, those of the second another, those of the third another, and the fourth has to take the last. When the next four are selected the tribunes of the second legion have the first choice, and those of the first the last. With the next four the tribunes of the third legion have the first choice, those of the second the last; and so on in regular rotation: of which the result is that each legion gets men of much the same standard. But when they have selected the number prescribed,—which is four thousand two hundred infantry for each legion, or at times of special danger five thousand,—they next used to pass men for the cavalry, in old times<emph>after</emph>the four thousand two hundred infantry; but now they do it before them, the selection having been made by the censor on the basis of wealth; and they enrol three hundred for each legion.<note anchored="yes" place="unspecified" id="note24">Casaubon altered this to "two hundred." In<ref target="b3c107" targOrder="U">3, 107</ref>, Polybius certainly states that the ordinary number of cavalry was 200, raised in cases of emergency to 300; and<bibl n="Liv. 22.36" default="NO" valid="yes">Livy, 22, 36</bibl>, gives an instance. But both authors in many other passages mention 300 as the usual number, and any alteration of this passage would be unsafe.</note>
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