- from the Gr**** Astu néon ("new town"). It
could derive from the
Latin Hostium Unio,
which indicates "a
group of
people of
different origins". Sacked...
- unum
omnes incolumes,
perpaucis vulneratis, ex
tanti belli timore, ****
hostium numerus capitum CCCC****
milium fuisset, se in
castra receperunt." Book...
- ears and cornucopias. The top of the Arc
bears an
inscription reading: "
HOSTIUM TERROR /
FOEDERUM CULTOR /
GENTISQUE DECUS ET AMOR" ("terror of the enemies...
-
obsidionem Demetrii,
regis Indorum, pateretur, **** CCC
militibus LX
milia hostium adsiduis eruptionibus uicit.
Quinto itaque mense liberatus Indiam in potestatem...
- an
adjective can go
before or
after its noun, as can a
genitive such as
hostium "of the enemies". A
common feature of
Latin is hyperbaton, in
which a phrase...
-
terms of a
treaty might permit the
other side to
retain captives as
servi hostium, "slaves of the enemy". A
ransom could be paid to
redeem a
captive individually...
- ætati, fere
viginti millia hominum in ore
gladii peremerunt;
factaque hostium strage permaxima,
spoliata est tota
civitas et succensa... ...while discussions...
- combat, the more
prestigious the spolia, and none more so than
spolia duci
hostium detracta,
spoils taken from an
enemy leader himself. Many
equites attempted...
-
obsidionem Demetrii,
regis Indorum, pateretur, **** CCC
militibus LX
milia hostium adsiduis eruptionibus uicit.
Quinto itaque mense liberatus Indiam in potestatem...
- text says "Ex
quibus Lucius Petrosidius aquilifer, ****
magna multitudine hostium premeretur,
aquilam intra vallum proiecit; ipse pro
castris fortissime...
