a kind of reserve troops who followed the army as supernumeraries (= ascripticii , or, in later times, supernumerarii ), to take the place of those who fell in battle. They had no arms, and were only clothed with the military cloak, and hence called velati Müll.; they used in battle only slings and stones. They were also employed in constructing public roads. Cf. Mommsen, Degli Accensi Velati
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a kind of reserve troops who followed the army as supernumeraries (= ascripticii , or, in later times, supernumerarii ), to take the place of those who fell in battle. They had no arms, and were only clothed with the military cloak, and hence called velati Müll.; they used in battle only slings and stones. They were also employed in constructing public roads. Cf. Mommsen, Degli Accensi Velati
a kind of reserve troops who followed the army as supernumeraries (= ascripticii , or, in later times, supernumerarii ), to take the place of those who fell in battle. They had no arms, and were only clothed with the military cloak, and hence called velati Müll.; they used in battle only slings and stones. They were also employed in constructing public roads. Cf. Mommsen, Degli Accensi Velati