Legionaries

The heart of the Roman army consisted of the heavy infantrymen, that is, the legionaries. ❋ Barry Strauss (2009)

Now fourteen somewhat under-strength cohorts, the wretched men who had lived through it swallowed both fear and pride to work frantically at becoming the kind of legionaries Crassus demanded. ❋ McCullough, Colleen, 1937- (1993)

My own twenty legionaries were close to hand and in readiness. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The procession arrived at the Coliseum where Julius Caesar (Padre John Ledgerwood) was crowned and the legionaries fought the Britons. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Exported around the empire by legionaries, harpastum involved keeping possession of a ball by skipping tackles and passing to team‑mates. ❋ Unknown (2011)

After the band came an elephant, Nubians, dancing girls and legionaries. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Thus Caesar ordered his legionaries or Cleopatra her slaves. ❋ W.E.B. DU BOIS (2004)

In 2008, when he died, the legionaries released a press release - well, they put it on their Web site - saying that he had gone to heaven - a bit of hubris, I would modestly say. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But it goes on to say that that life was hidden from the great majority of legionaries, above all because of a system of relationships constructed by Father Maciel, who was adept at creating alibis for himself and winning the trust, confidence and silence of those around him, reinforcing his role as a charismatic founder. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There were cheap ceramic pyramids from Egypt, statuettes of jazz musicians from New Orleans, miniature replicas of the Eiffel Tower and the Empire State Building, ceramics of Chinese sages, hand-painted toy Roman legionaries--- tons of stuff that no one in their right mind would come to Turkey to buy! ❋ Walter Jon Williams (2009)

We might imagine the bravest legionaries circling the enemys flank or trying to stab their way into the enemy lines. ❋ Barry Strauss (2009)

They no longer dared to face the legionaries iron on the open plains. ❋ Barry Strauss (2009)

Each of them was clubbed to death by nine of his fellow legionaries, men with whom they might have changed places, since the victims were chosen by lot. ❋ Barry Strauss (2009)

At the years end, Catos commander offered him a military honor, such as a crown, a neck ornament, a golden armband, or one of the other decorations handed out to Romes best legionaries. ❋ Barry Strauss (2009)

Caesar's most brilliant campaign was against a united Gaul under King Vercingetorix, who managed to raise an army of over 250,000 Gauls against Caesar's 50,000 legionaries. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The only way out was through; the exhausted legionaries took up the familiar disciplined formations that had seen their city prevail so often to conquer an empire. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There is an interesting segue of the first two novels - namely Soldier of Rome ends on a superb arena fight between a legionary - not Artorius, his mentor though - and a well known and unbeaten gladiator owned by a bragging Gaulish noble whose boasts about the prowess of his fighter and verbal disparaging of the legionaries were called on and massive sums of money will depend on the result. ❋ Liviu (2009)

Jim: Did you see [The Loyal Bush Legionary's] post about Homosexuals? John: [Ya man], it was [revolting] and disgusting, its a shame that people like that have to exist. Jim: What a gay hating asshat. John: AssBelonk Jim: Ya... Belonk ❋ ZeeLaw (2006)