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... sense of adversarius; as an adjective, it is construed with the dative. [252] Cum collega, a short expression for conjuncta cum collega, 'everything else he considered as common between himself and his colleague, but to the Numidian war he alone directed his attention, as though it were his own exclusive business.' [253] Praesidia is generally 'resources;' but here the same as auxilia, 'auxiliary troops.' [254] Contusae, from contundere, ...

— De Bello Catilinario et Jugurthino • Caius Sallustii Crispi (Sallustius)

... superior to that of the Romans, for two reasons. One was, that the Numidian and Spanish horses were better than those of Italy; the other, that the Roman cavalry was ill armed; for Polybius tells us, that it was not till they had carried on war in Greece, that they changed their manner of equipping ...

— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 • Various

... warfare, he should read the story of the campaigns of Hannibal against the Romans in Italy. The first successes of that great commander—victories which came near changing the history of the western world—were almost altogether due to the strength lying in his admirable Numidian cavalry. The Romans were already good soldiers, their footmen more trustworthy than those which the Carthagenian general could set against them; but with his horsemen, as at Cannae, he could wrap in the Roman line ...

— Domesticated Animals - Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization • Nathaniel Southgate Shaler

Words linked to "Numidian" : dweller, habitant, denizen, Numidia, indweller, inhabitant