<w lemma="%2A%29%2Festi">Ἔστι</w> <w lemma="dh%5C">δὴ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="ge%2Fnos">γένος</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="stratopedei%2Fas">στρατοπεδείας</w> <w lemma="toio%2Fnde">τοιόνδε</w>. <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="kriqe%2Fntos">κριθέντος</w> <w lemma="ai%29ei%5C">αἰεὶ</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpou">τόπου</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="stratopedei%2Fan">στρατοπεδείαν</w>, <w lemma="tou%2Ftou">τούτου</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29pithdeio%2Ftaton">ἐπιτηδειότατον</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="su%2Fnoyin">σύνοψιν</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="paraggeli%2Fan">παραγγελίαν</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="strathgou%3D">στρατηγοῦ</w> <w lemma="skhnh%5C">σκηνὴ</w> <w lemma="katalamba%2Fnei">καταλαμβάνει</w>. <w lemma="teqei%2Fshs">τεθείσης</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="shmai%2Fas">σημαίας</w>,
<w lemma="ou%28%3D">οὗ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fllousi">μέλλουσι</w> <w lemma="phgnu%2Fnai">πηγνύναι</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fthn">ταύτην</w>, <w lemma="a%29pometrei%3Dtai">ἀπομετρεῖται</w> <w lemma="pe%2Fric">πέριξ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="shmai%2Fas">σημαίας</w> <w lemma="tetra%2Fgwnos">τετράγωνος</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpos">τόπος</w>, <w lemma="w%28%2Fste">ὥστε</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fsas">πάσας</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="pleura%5Cs">πλευρὰς</w> <w lemma="e%28kato%5Cn">ἑκατὸν</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fxein">ἀπέχειν</w> <w lemma="po%2Fdas">πόδας</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="shmai%2Fas">σημαίας</w>, <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29mbado%5Cn">ἐμβαδὸν</w> <w lemma="gi%2Fnesqai">γίνεσθαι</w> <w lemma="tetra%2Fpleqron">τετράπλεθρον</w>.
<w lemma="tou%2Ftou">τούτου</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="sxh%2Fmatos">σχήματος</w> <w lemma="ai%29ei%5C">αἰεὶ</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="mi%2Fan">μίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29pifa%2Fneian">ἐπιφάνειαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pleura%2Fn">πλευράν</w>, <w lemma="h%28%2Ftis">ἥτις</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="e%29pithdeiota%2Fth">ἐπιτηδειοτάτη</w> <w lemma="fanh%3D%7C">φανῇ</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fs">πρός</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="u%28drei%2Fas">ὑδρείας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pronoma%2Fs">προνομάς</w>, <w lemma="paraba%2Flletai">παραβάλλεται</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai+ka%5C">Ῥωμαϊκὰ</w> <w lemma="strato%2Fpeda">στρατόπεδα</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="tro%2Fpon">τρόπον</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dton">τοῦτον</w>.
<w lemma="e%28%5Cc">ἓξ</w> <w lemma="u%28parxo%2Fntwn">ὑπαρχόντων</w> <w lemma="xilia%2Frxwn">χιλιάρχων</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="e%28ka%2Fstw%7C">ἑκάστῳ</w> <w lemma="stratope%2Fdw%7C">στρατοπέδῳ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Frti">ἄρτι</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgon">λόγον</w>, <w lemma="duei%3Dn">δυεῖν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="stratope%2Fdwn">στρατοπέδων</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fntwn">ὄντων</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai+kw%3Dn">Ῥωμαϊκῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29ei%5C">ἀεὶ</w> <w lemma="meq%27">μεθ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28kate%2Frou">ἑκατέρου</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Ftwn">ὑπάτων</w>, <w lemma="fanero%5Cn">φανερὸν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fti">ὅτι</w> <w lemma="dw%2Fdeka">δώδεκα</w> <w lemma="xilia%2Frxous">χιλιάρχους</w> <w lemma="a%29na%2Fgkh">ἀνάγκη</w> <w lemma="sustrateu%2Fein">συστρατεύειν</w> <w lemma="e%28kate%2Frw%7C">ἑκατέρῳ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Ftwn">ὑπάτων</w>.
<w lemma="tiqe%2Fasi">τιθέασι</w> <w lemma="dh%5C">δὴ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="skhna%5Cs">σκηνὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="mi%2Fan">μίαν</w> <w lemma="eu%29qei%3Dan">εὐθεῖαν</w> <w lemma="a%28pa%2Fsas">ἁπάσας</w>, <w lemma="h%28%2Ftis">ἥτις</w> <w lemma="e%29sti%5C">ἐστὶ</w> <w lemma="para%2Fllhlos">παράλληλος</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="tetragw%2Fnou">τετραγώνου</w> <w lemma="prokriqei%2Fsh%7C">προκριθείσῃ</w> <w lemma="pleura%3D%7C">πλευρᾷ</w>, <w lemma="penth%2Fkonta">πεντήκοντα</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fxei">ἀπέχει</w> <w lemma="po%2Fdas">πόδας</w> <w lemma="a%29p%27">ἀπ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29th%3Ds">αὐτῆς</w>, <w lemma="i%28%2Fn%27">ἵν᾽</w> <w lemma="h%28%3D%7C">ᾗ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="i%28%2Fppois">ἵπποις</w>, <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="u%28pozugi%2Fois">ὑποζυγίοις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="loiph%3D%7C">λοιπῇ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="xilia%2Frxwn">χιλιάρχων</w> <w lemma="a%29poskeuh%3D%7C">ἀποσκευῇ</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpos">τόπος</w>.
<w lemma="ai%28">αἱ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="skhnai%5C">σκηναὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnou">προειρημένου</w> <w lemma="sxh%2Fmatos">σχήματος</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="tou%29%2Fmpalin">τοὔμπαλιν</w> <w lemma="a%29pestramme%2Fnai">ἀπεστραμμέναι</w> <w lemma="ph%2Fgnuntai">πήγνυνται</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29kto%5Cs">ἐκτὸς</w> <w lemma="e%29pifa%2Fneian">ἐπιφάνειαν</w>, <w lemma="h%28%5C">ἣ</w> <w lemma="noei%2Fsqw">νοείσθω</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kalei%2Fsqw">καλείσθω</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kaqa%2Fpac">καθάπαξ</w> <w lemma="h%28mi%3Dn">ἡμῖν</w> <w lemma="a%29ei%5C">ἀεὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="panto%5Cs">παντὸς</w> <w lemma="sxh%2Fmatos">σχήματος</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fswpon">πρόσωπον</w>.
<w lemma="a%29festa%3Dsi">ἀφεστᾶσι</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29llh%2Flwn">ἀλλήλων</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="i%29%2Fson">ἴσον</w> <w lemma="ai%28">αἱ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="xilia%2Frxwn">χιλιάρχων</w> <w lemma="skhnai%2F">σκηναί</w>, <w lemma="tosou%3Dton">τοσοῦτον</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpon">τόπον</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Fste">ὥστε</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Flon">ὅλον</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="pla%2Ftos">πλάτος</w> <w lemma="a%29ei%5C">ἀεὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai+kw%3Dn">Ῥωμαϊκῶν</w> <w lemma="stratope%2Fdwn">στρατοπέδων</w> <w lemma="parh%2Fkein">παρήκειν</w>.
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<head>How the Camp is Constructed</head>Their method of laying out a camp is as follows. The<note anchored="yes" place="marg" lang="la" id="note35">Castrorum metatio.</note>place for the camp having been selected, the spot in it best calculated to give a view of the whole, and most convenient for issuing orders, is appropriated for the general's tent (<foreign lang="la">Praetorium</foreign>).Having placed a standard on the spot on which they intend to put the Praetorium, they measure off a square round this standard; in such a way that each of its sides is a hundred feet from the standard, and the area of the square is four plethra.<note anchored="yes" place="unspecified" id="note36">the plethrum = 10,000 square feet. The side of the square of the Praetorium, therefore, is 200 feet.</note>Along one side of this square—whichever aspect appears most convenient for watering and foraging—the legions are stationed as follows. I have said that there were six Tribuni in each legion, and that each Consul had two legions,—it follows that there are twelve<foreign lang="la">Tribuni</foreign>in a Consular army. Well, they pitch the tents of these Tribuni all in one straight line, parallel to the side of the square selected, at a distance of fifty feet from it (there is a place too selected for the horses, beasts of burden, and other baggage of the Tribuni); these tents face the outer side of the camp and away from the square described above,—a direction which will henceforth be called "the front" by me. The tents of the Tribuni stand at equal distances from each other, so that they extend along the whole breadth of the space occupied by the legions.
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