Our country's flag and the flags of foreign countries (1898)
Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914 · New York : D. Appleton and company · leaf 98
ndVII.) ANCIENT STANDARDS AND BANNERS. 67 the troops went into battle bearing a wisp ofhay bound to a pole. The standards of thedifferent divisions of thearmy were various untilafter the time of Marius(died b. o. 86) when thelegions received theireagles. The cohorts andcenturies of troops hadflags… … The flag was the Fig. 16.—Eagle of the Ro-man Legions. S. P. Q.R. stands for SenatusPopulusque QuiritesRomanus — i. e., thesenate and the peopleof Rome, and the Qui-rites, who were thoseSabines that becameRoman citizens. symbol of the majestyof Rome and of the valor and loyalty ofall the troops.…
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