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cursum adaequarent: Tacitus (Ger. 6) says: "They fight in combination [infantry and cavalry] and the foot soldiers, picked out of the entire body of young men and placed in front of the line, are able to keep up with the cavalry in speed." This method of fighting, peculiar to the Germans, seemed so advantageous to Caesar that he employed it himself on occasion, notably at the battle of Pharsalia.


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