In the extracts below, focus only on recognising the numbers; fill in the blanks with the numbers listed at the end; one number appears twice
[1] Et trium mīlium spatiō
procul ā castrīs eōrum posuērunt castra. (Livy) And they pitched camp __________ away from their camp.
[2] Et iam Q. Marcius
quaestiōnibus suae regiōnis perfectīs in Ligurēs prōvinciam proficīscī parābat,
[i] tribus mīlibus peditum Rōmānōrum, [ii] centum quīnquāgintā
equitibus, et [iii] quīnque mīlibus Latīnī nōminis peditum, [iv] ducentīs
equitibus in supplēmentum acceptīs. (Livy)
[i] __________ Roman infantry
[ii] __________ cavalry
[iii] __________ infantry and [iv] __________ cavalry of the
Latin confederacy
[3] [i] quattuor mīlia
mīlitum āmissa, et legiōnis secundae [ii] signa tria, [iii] ūndecim
vēxilla socium Latīnī nōminis in potestātem hostium vēnērunt, … (Livy)
[i] __________ soldiers
[ii] __________ standards of the
second legion
[iii] __________ ensigns of the
Latin confederacy
[4] Epamīnōndās, dux Thēbānōrum, [i]
quattuor mīlibus hominum, ex quibus [ii] CCCC tantum equitēs
erant, Lacedaemoniōrum exercitum [iii] vīgintī quattuor mīlium peditum, [iv]
equitum mīlle sēscentōrum vīcit. Ā [v] quattuordecim mīlibus
Graecōrum, quī numerus in auxiliīs Cȳrī adversus Artaxerxen fuit, [vi] centum
mīlia barbarōrum proeliō superāta sunt. (Frontinus)
With [i] __________ men, of whom
only [ii] __________ were cavalry, Epaminondas, the Theban leader, conquered a
Spartan army of [iii] __________ infantry and [iv] __________ cavalry. By
[v] __________ Greeks, the number assisting Cyrus against Artaxerxes, [vi] __________
barbarians were defeated in battle.
3 miles; 3; 11; 150; 200; 400; 1,600; 3,000; 4000; 4000; 5000;
14,000; 24,000; 100,000
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