Legions
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Examples
- Devils gathered their legions in his sight; their dim, discrowned, and tarnished armies passed rank and file before him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- More and more important grow the legions; less and less significant are the Senate and the assemblies of Rome. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The generals in command of the Rhine legions, the Palatine troops, and the eastern armies, each attempted to seize power. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- When presently the barbarians poured into the empire, there was nothing but the legions to face them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Spanish legions rose in insurrection under an elderly general of seventy-three, Galba, whom they acclaimed emperor. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And as a consequence only the hardworking emperors who kept their legions active and in close touch with themselves had long reigns. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Before the Punic Wars it was the tendency of ambitious men in Rome to court the plebeians; after that time they began to court the legions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- By 49 B.C. he and Pompey, with their legions, he from the west and Pompey from the east, were fighting openly for predominance in the Roman state. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He had broken the law by bringing his legions across the Rubicon, which was the boundary between his command and Italy proper. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was only secure while he was the beloved captain of his legions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The legions in Gaul were under the command of a Frank, and the Emperor Theodosius I (emp. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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