Note 467 — Chapter IV · THE CENTURIES AND THE CLASSES
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Delbrück, Gesch. d. Kriegsk. i. 229; Smith, Röm. Timokr. 45 ff. That the second and third divisions of the phalanx were sometimes withdrawn to operate on the flanks (Soltau, Altröm. Volksversamml. 249) is possible, though we have no proof of it.