legions

• He looked at the north and he looked at his complaining legions, and he strode off to his bivouac beneath a solitary tree. —  The Long Roll
• Rome and its legions were then as if they did not exist. —  Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century
• He then finds that he has not got sufficient accommodation to house his legions--and so it goes on. —  Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918
• Nor did the Romans gain a bloodless victory; about seventeen hundred of the two legions, and thirteen hundred of the allies were slain; a great number of the Romans and allies were wounded. —  The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36
• The consuls were directed to enlist two city legions, so that the operations of the state might be carried on this year with fourteen legions, and one hundred men of war 42. —  The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36

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