[3]

Cf. Iliad viii. 267; xi. 371.

[4]

Cf. Iliad iv. 113.

[5]

Cf. Iliad iv. 123.

[6]

Cf. Iliad xi. 390.

[7]

The trench crossed the plain in an approximately straight line.  The army of the Ephthalitae were drawn up behind it, facing the advancing Persians, while a few of them went out beyond the trench to draw the attack of the Persians.

[8]

Cf.  Thuc. ii. 76, 4.

[9]

Cf.  Book VII. xxvi. 4.

[10]

Cf.  Thuc. i. 128.

[11]

A division of no fixed number.

[12]

Cf.  Book I. ii. 15.

[13]

Modern Erzeroum.

[14]

i.e. “by force.”

[15]

Cf.  Book VIII. xiii. 15.

[16]

Cf. Iliad xxiv. 348; Odyssey x. 279.

[17]

Lebanon.

[18]

Roman formation.

a—­a, trench.

1.  Bouzes and Pharas.

2.  Sunicas and Aigan.

3.  John, Cyril, Marcellus, Germanus, and Dorotheus.

4.  Simmas and Ascan.

5.  Belisarius and Hermogenes.

[Illustration:  Roman formation.]

1. 3.
(h)======= |——­| ===========
hill 2.—­| 5. |—­4.
a__________| |__________a
=================

[19]

Cf.  Book I. x. 2.

[20]

Cf.  Book I. xii. 21.

[21]

Cf.  Book I. xiii. 2.

[22]

“Euphratesia”; cf. section 2.

[23]

Title meaning a patrician.  See Index.

[24]

Ch. xiv. 28-54.

[25]

The coast described here is that of Arabia.

[26]

Rather the “Arabian Gulf.”

[27]

Cf. ch. xv. 31.

[28]

In Latin serica, as coming from the Chinese (Seres).

[29]

Cf. chap. xvi. 7.

[30]

Cf.  Book II. xvii.

[31]

i.e. “Conquer.”

[32]

Book VI. xxx. 30.

HISTORY OF THE WARS:  BOOK II

THE PERSIAN WAR (Continued)

HISTORY OF THE WARS:  BOOK II

THE PERSIAN WAR (Continued)

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