might suppose that theclassis praetoria (v. supra) was, as such, entitled to use praetorian signa; a sig-nifer in the classis Misenatium is named in C. I. L. x. 1080. 3 A light was carried at night by the admirals flagship in ancient fleets. 4 Aen. v. 116. 5 Appian (B. C. v. 106) explicitly tells… … k; -j> O 266 WAR chap, in merely to charge the enemys ship, if possible amidships, and sinkit, but also to disable it by shooting alongside and carrying away therudders and oars ; it was precisely in manoeuvres of this kind thatsuperiority in speed and training were decisive. This is…
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