The army
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the army · the soldiers · Commissioners from the army · Council of Officers · Greeks · Xenophon and his men · archers · army · cavalry · heavy infantry
spoken of as
2 expressionsArmy2 mentions
Economics (Greek) · Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) (Sanskrit)
And what enemy would not fear troopers, horsemen, light-armed, archers, slingers disposed in serried ranks and following their officers in orderly fashion?
Senā“army”1 mention
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) (Sanskrit)
The assembly hall (sabhā), the tribal assembly (samiti), the army (senā), and the liquor (surā) all moved forth after him.
in the texts
The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–1660
The New Model Army, whose leaders and officers were the effective power behind the Commonwealth and Protectorate governments.
Instead, however, of summoning a Parliament either after the new scheme or after the old system, he allowed the Council of Officers, on advice from the Congregational ministers, to nominate an assembly, usually known by a nickname as the Barebones Parliament, to provide generally for the Commonwealth (No.
Commonwealth and Protectorate were alike the creation of the army:
and His Majesty having seen the Proposals of the army to the Commissioners from his two Houses residing with them, and with them to be treated on in order to the clearing and securing the right and liberties of the kingdom, and the settling a just and lasting peace, to which Proposals, as he conceives his two Houses not to be strangers, so he believes they will think with him, that they much more …
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
The army named among the institutions that follow the Vrātya among the common people.
The assembly hall (sabhā), the tribal assembly (samiti), the army (senā), and the liquor (surā) all moved forth after him.
Concerning the Team of Horses
The Athenian military forces, notably the fleet and soldiers who recalled Alcibiades the elder to leadership during the crisis of the oligarchy.
the democracy had been overthrown, the citizens were in a state of civil war, the army was disaffected toward the government established here, and both parties had reached such a state of madness that neither had any hope of salvation.
By so many misfortunes and such perils was the city beset when the army summoned my father, and he did not treat them with disdain in their plight, nor did he rebuke them for the past, nor did he deliberate about the future;
Anabasis
Greek mercenary army whose pay, discipline, opinion, marches, and later command transfer structure the passage.
As for the soldiers, up to this time they had been saying that Xenophon had gone off to Seuthes to dwell with him and to receive what Seuthes had promised him;
But as soon as Gongylus saw that the Greeks were few and those who were attacking them many, he sallied forth himself, in spite of his mother, at the head of his own force, desiring to take part in the action;
Asidates, however, hearing that Xenophon had sacrificed again with a view to attacking him and that he was to come with the entire army, left his tower and encamped in villages that lay below the town of Parthenium.
Economics
Military forces used to contrast confusion with disciplined arrangement and collective effectiveness.
And what enemy would not fear troopers, horsemen, light-armed, archers, slingers disposed in serried ranks and following their officers in orderly fashion?
Again, my dear, an army in disorder is a confused mass, an easy prey to enemies, a disgusting sight to friends and utterly useless,—donkey, trooper, carrier, light-armed, horseman, chariot, huddled together.
For the units that must needs run away when attacked are enough to trample underfoot the heavy infantry.