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READER
STANDARD BEARERS
The
standards carried in the
Roman army
were numerous and
rather diverse (see also the illustration on page 162). As the eagle was the chief standard of the legion, upon it was lavished all the enthusiastic devotion which modern soldiers feel for their flag.
No
disgrace was so deep the hands of the enemy.
and
terrible as to
have the eagle
fall
into
