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In former times it seems probable that the boy remained "praetextatus" till he was seventeen, the age at which he was legally capable of military service, and that he went straight from the home to the levy; [292] in case of severe military pressure, or if he wished it himself, he might begin his first military exercises and even his active service, in the praetexta.
Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero W. Warde Fowler 1884
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Yxores daxit L Cossutiam adhuc praetextatus, sed quam mox dimisit« IL Corneliam Citm&e quater consulis filiam, ea mortua III.
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