military oath formula
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1 neutralin the voice of Seneca 1 , a soldier under Constantine 1
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in the voice of a soldier under Constantine
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The Rights of War and Peace Hugo Grotius 1 neutral 1 citation
The oath's exact wording is reported and attributed to the form found in Vegetius.
From that time too the military oath was changed to the form, which is found in Vegetius, and the soldier swore, “By God, and Christ, and the holy spirit, and the majesty of the Emperor, to whom as next to God, homage and reverence are due from mankind” Nor out of so many Bishops at that time, many of whom suffered the most cruel treatment for their religion, do we read of a single one, who dissua …
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in the voice of Seneca
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Letters to Lucilius Seneca, Lucius Annaeus 1 citation
The formula of the military oath is quoted as an authority for the metaphor of philosophical commitment: 'to be burned, to be bound, and to be slain by the sword.'
The words of this most honourable enlistment and of that most shameful one are the same:
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