camels
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brigade of camels · camel corps · pack-animals · the camel · the camels
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De tuenda sanitate praecepta (Greek)
But, as the ox said to his fellow-servant the camel, when he refused to ease him of his burthen, It won’t be long before you carry my burthen and me too:
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Cyropaedia
Camels gathered for military use and fitted with bowmen for battlefield advantage.
He also had a large number of camels, some collected from among his friends and some taken in war, all brought together.
Or again, if you heard that they have camels on which they will ride up to us, and a hundred horses could not endure the sight of any one of them?
For the camel corps, bowmen were detailed, two upon each camel.
Letters
Animals under the care of a brother commended to Antiochus.
The Histories
Camels carrying Xerxes' provisions, singled out and killed nightly by lions despite the presence of other animals and men.
As Xerxes marched by this route, lions attacked the camels which carried his provisions;
De tuenda sanitate praecepta
The animal in the fable who refuses to share the ox's burden and is consequently left to bear the full load after the ox's death.
But, as the ox said to his fellow-servant the camel, when he refused to ease him of his burthen, It won’t be long before you carry my burthen and me too:
Lucullus
Animals whose supposed first Roman sighting during this campaign is disputed by Plutarch.
Sallust says, to my amazement, that camels were then seen by the Romans for the first time.