. 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. 556 RORARII. troops. They were drawn up in thethird line behind the triarii, and in^ aposition between them and the accensi(Liv. viii. 8. Compare Plaut. Varro, L. L. vii. 58.); theirduty being to rush forward, as op-portunities of-fered, and makedesultory at-tacks upon theenemys co-lumns,
. 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. 556 RORARII. troops. They were drawn up in thethird line behind the triarii, and in^ aposition between them and the accensi(Liv. viii. 8. Compare Plaut. Varro, L. L. vii. 58.); theirduty being to rush forward, as op-portunities of-fered, and makedesultory at-tacks upon theenemys co-lumns, withshowers of mis-siles dischargedamidst the ranksformed by thefirst and secondlines of theheavy legionarysoldiers (Liv. viii. 9.). It is pro-bable enough that the term wasderived from rores, drops of rain, asthe grammarians say (Varro, I. , s. v. Non. s. v. p. 552.); butit by no means follows therefrom, asthey, and the modern lexicographersafter them, have inferred, that thename was given to these troops be-cause they commenced the action by ashower of missiles, like the dropswhich precede a storm; for that wasthe duty of the ferentarii, who, forthat purpose, were conveniently post^ed upon the wings (Veg. Mil i. 20.),whereas the rear ranks of the army,the post of the rorarii, would be amost un
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