pilum, the distinctively Roman infantry weapon, and see a good illustration.
phalanx; cf. the Roman testudo.
tertiam aciem—i.e. the line of reserves, kept for just such emergencies. Read, if necessary, some short account of the triplex acies, the usual Roman order of battle.
III. Some Authorities.—
(i.) Caesar, Allen and Greenough, published by Ginn & Co. (an admirable edition).
(ii.) Froude’s Caesar, p. 50.
(iii.) Mommsen’s History of Rome, vol. iv. p. 295.
(iv.) Napoleon’s Caesar, vol. ii. cap. 4, and vol. ii. p. 405.
[ Demonstration I.]
Caesar, B. G. i. 52: ‘Reiectis pilis . . . restitutum est.’