hastati

When the battle formation of the army was completed, the hastati were the first to engage.

The History of Rome, Vol. II 1905

"So I conquered some cities and now I have money so I can buy some more hastati and triarii --"

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On the side of the Romans neither the works were interrupted, (it was the triarii who were employed at them,) but the battle was commenced by the hastati and the principes, who stood in front of the workmen armed and prepared for the fight.

The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius

The spearmen (hastati) formed the first line in fifteen companies, with small intervals between them: a company had twenty light-armed soldiers, the rest wearing shields; those were called light who carried only a spear and short iron javelins.

The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius

_Principia_ is the vanguard, because in a Roman legion the ten companies of _principes_ formed the front line, while the _hastati_ constituted the second, and the

C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust

The centurion who commanded the first of the two centuries composing the maniple ranked above the commander of the second; the first centurion of the first maniple (triarii) of the cohort was higher than the first centurion of the second (principes), and he higher than the ranking centurion of the third (hastati), etc.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

They saw few arms and few soldiers with them, the hastati, who were following a mile behind, were hidden by the windings of the road and the undulating nature of the terrain.

The History of Rome, Vol. V 1905

The hastati of the legion, numbering 2000 men, were ordered to follow him at a distance of one mile.

The History of Rome, Vol. V 1905

The standards of the hastati were in front, then came those of the principes, and last of all the triarii.

The History of Rome, Vol. V 1905

Then each began to depend upon himself for guidance and encouragement, and the fighting began afresh, not the orderly battle with its three divisions of principes, hastati, and triarii, where the fighting line is in front of the standards and the rest of the army behind, and where each soldier is in his own legion and cohort and maniple.

The History of Rome, Vol. III 1905