Anime (Fr.). A sort of ancient cuirass, also called [brigandine]; was used in Italy until the 17th century, under the name of anima, or animetta.
Anio (now Teverone). A river of ancient Italy, an affluent of the Tiber. On its banks the Romans gained two great battles over the Gauls, one by Camillus about 367 B.C., and the other about sixty years afterwards.
Aniocrater. The highest military rank of the Lacedæmonians; one who commanded the whole army during the absence of the king.
Anippus. Name of the light cavalry of the Grecians.
Anisocycle. An ancient machine of a spiral form, like the spring of a watch, used for throwing arrows to a great distance.
Anitorgis. A city in Spain, near which Asdrubal, general of the Carthaginians, gained a memorable battle over the Romans under Scipio and his brother Publius, in 212 B.C.
Anjou, or Beauge, Battle of. Between the English and French; the latter commanded by the Dauphin of France, March 22, 1421. The English were defeated; the Duke of Clarence was slain by Sir Allan Swinton, a Scotch knight, and 1500 men perished on the field; the Earls of Somerset, Dorset, and Huntingdon were taken prisoners. Beauge was the first battle that turned the tide of success against the English.
Annals. A species of military history, wherein events are related in the chronological order they happened. They differ from a perfect history, in being only a mere relation of what passes every year, as a journal is of what passes every day.
Annatinæ. Were transport-ships (so called by Julius Cæsar) in which were transported provisions, etc., to armies and fleets. Also called Corbitæ.
Anneau d’Or (Fr.). A gold ring. In accordance with the example of the ancients, Francis I. of France instituted a military recompense in the shape of an anneau, for all who distinguished themselves in any military enterprise.