. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. to the funeral pile, or to their placeof sepulture; as shown by the an-nexed example, from a sepulchral bas-relief. LEGATUS (aPTLarpdr-qyos, virap~Xos) A general officer attached toa corps darmee, and to the governorsof provinces, who acted both in amilitary and civil capacity; his dutybeing to advise and ass
. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. to the funeral pile, or to their placeof sepulture; as shown by the an-nexed example, from a sepulchral bas-relief. LEGATUS (aPTLarpdr-qyos, virap~Xos) A general officer attached toa corps darmee, and to the governorsof provinces, who acted both in amilitary and civil capacity; his dutybeing to advise and assist his supe-riors in their plans and operations, aswell as to act in their stead, both asa commander or diplomatic agent,whenever occasion required. (Tarro, v. 87. Cses. B. C. ii. 17. ) On the triumphal arches andcolumns they are represented in thesame costume as the other command-ers, as shown by the annexed illus-tration, from the Column of Trajan,. in which the first figure on the rightis the emperor himself (imperator),the second a legate (legatus), and thethird a tribune (tribunus). 2. (irp€a§evT7}s). A general titlegiven to ambassadors, whether Ro-man envoys to foreign states, or fromforeign princes to Rome. &c LEGIO. A Roman legion ; twoof which constituted a consular army. LEGION AMI. LEMNISCUS. 377 It consisted of about five or six thou-sand (for the complement was notalways the same) heavy-armed footsoldiers Qegionarii) drawn from theRoman citizens; augmented by abody of auxiliaries at least equal innumber, and a detachment of cavalry,three hundred strong, which wasalways joined with it ; so that theeffective force of a legion in the fieldis usually reckoned at ten thousandmen at the least. Varro. Liv. LEGIONARIL Legionary sol-diers ; the body of five or six thou-sand heavy-armedmen, who formedthe contingentfurnished out ofthe Roman citi-zens to each le-gion, the rest ofits entire comple-me
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