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Tacitus, The Histories, Volumes I and II

Note 146 — BOOK I

W. Hamilton (William Hamilton) Fyfe translation

Probably raised by C. Silius, who was Governor of Upper Germany under Tiberius. Troops of auxiliary horse were usually named either after the governor of the province who first organized the troop or after the country where it had first been stationed, or where it had won fame.

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