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Tacitus, The Histories, Volumes I and II

Note 429 — BOOK II (continued 2)

W. Hamilton (William Hamilton) Fyfe translation

Under the empire there were six tribunes to each legion, and they took command on the march and on the field, acting under the orders of the legatus legionis. The ten centurions of the pilani or front rank each commanded his cohort.

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