Ἀντώνιος

Sections

1.1 – 2.1 2.2 – 2.4 2.5 – 3.2 3.3 – 3.4 3.5 – 4.1 4.2 – 4.3 4.4 – 5.1 5.2 – 5.3 5.4 – 5.4 6.1 – 6.4 6.5 – 7.1 7.2 – 8.1 8.2 – 9.1 9.2 – 9.3 9.4 – 9.6 10.1 – 10.3 10.4 – 11.1 11.2 – 12.1 12.2 – 12.4 13.1 – 13.2 14.1 – 14.2 14.3 – 15.1 15.2 – 16.1 16.2 – 16.3 16.4 – 17.1 17.2 – 18.1 18.2 – 18.4 19.1 – 19.3 20.1 – 20.3 21.1 – 21.4 22.1 – 22.3 22.4 – 23.1 23.2 – 24.1 24.2 – 24.4 24.5 – 24.6 24.7 – 25.1 25.2 – 25.4 26.1 – 26.3 26.4 – 27.2 27.3 – 28.1 28.2 – 28.4 28.5 – 28.7 29.1 – 29.2 29.3 – 30.1 30.2 – 30.4 31.1 – 31.3 32.1 – 32.3 32.4 – 33.1 33.2 – 33.3 33.4 – 34.1 34.2 – 34.4 34.5 – 35.2 35.3 – 35.5 36.1 – 36.2 36.3 – 37.1 37.2 – 37.4 38.1 – 38.2 38.3 – 39.2 39.3 – 39.4 39.5 – 39.7 40.1 – 40.2 40.3 – 40.4 40.5 – 41.1 41.2 – 41.3 41.4 – 42.1 42.2 – 42.3 42.4 – 43.1 43.2 – 44.1 44.2 – 45.1 45.2 – 45.3 45.4 – 45.6 46.1 – 46.3 46.4 – 47.1 47.2 – 47.3 47.4 – 48.2 48.3 – 49.1 49.2 – 49.4 50.1 – 50.3 50.4 – 51.2 52.1 – 53.1 53.2 – 53.3 53.4 – 53.6 54.1 – 54.3 54.4 – 54.6 55.1 – 55.2 56.1 – 56.3 56.4 – 57.2 57.3 – 58.1 58.2 – 58.4 58.5 – 59.1 59.2 – 59.4 60.1 – 60.2 60.3 – 61.2 61.3 – 62.1 62.2 – 62.3 63.1 – 63.2 63.3 – 63.5 63.6 – 64.2 65.1 – 65.3 65.4 – 66.1 66.2 – 66.3 66.4 – 67.1 67.2 – 67.4 67.5 – 68.1 68.2 – 68.4 68.5 – 69.1 69.2 – 69.4 70.1 – 70.2 70.3 – 71.1 71.2 – 71.4 71.5 – 72.3 73.1 – 73.3 74.1 – 74.3 75.1 – 75.4 76.1 – 76.3 76.4 – 77.1 77.2 – 77.4 78.1 – 78.3 78.4 – 79.2 79.3 – 80.2 80.3 – 81.2 82.1 – 83.1 83.2 – 83.4 83.5 – 84.2 84.3 – 85.2 85.3 – 86.1 86.2 – 86.4 86.5 – 87.2 87.3 – 87.4

İngilizce Yunanca

45.2 However, as the Romans were descending some steep hills, the Parthians attacked them and shot at them as they slowly moved along. Then the shield-bearers wheeled about, enclosing the lighter armed troops within their ranks, while they themselves dropped on one knee and held their shields out before them. The second rank held their shields out over the heads of the first, and the next rank likewise. The resulting appearance is very like that of a roof,It was the testudo, described in Dio Cassius, xlix. 3. affords a striking spectacle, and is the most effective of protections against arrows, which glide off from it.

45.3 The Parthians, however, thinking that the Romans dropping on one knee was a sign of fatigue and exhaustion, laid aside their bows, grasped their spears by the middle and came to close quarters. But the Romans, with a full battle cry, suddenly sprang up, and thrusting with their javelins slew the foremost of the Parthians and put all the rest to rout. This happened also on the following days as the Romans, little by little, proceeded on their way.