The emperor had therefore ordered the formation of a certain number of cohorts of the national guard, under the name of "First Ban" (Body of Defence).
They felt doubtful whether they should go to demand their pay in single cohorts or in one entire body; but the opinion that they should go in a body, which they regarded as the safer mode, prevailed.
Scipio, after his arrival in Sicily, formed his volunteers into cohortsand centuries.
On the side of the Romans, the left wing, and the cohorts which had lost their standards, fought in the first line, and the twentieth legion was drawn up on the right wing.
When the consul's men were now spent with fatigue, he reanimated their courage by bringing up into the fight some subsidiary cohorts from the second line.
Having led his troops beyond their camp, he formed them in order of battle, and at the first light sent three cohorts close to their very ramparts.
He himself drew up the whole body of his infantry against the enemy, placing four cohorts in front, because he could not extend his line further.
He then dismissed the meeting, and sent out light-armed cohorts to collect forage.
He likewise sent up the cohorts in strong bodies one after another, to force their way, if possible, through the wedge of the Macedonians, which is called a phalanx.
That the soldiers at Locri should be all transported into Sicily, and four cohorts of the allies of the Latin confederacy taken to Locri for a garrison.
At length, the foremost ranks of the legions came up; and no sooner had the cohorts of the vanguard taken part in the fight, than those who had lately been an object of dread were driven back in terror into the city.
He then ordered the cohorts to retreat, in order to draw out the barbarians by the appearance of flight.
But Pompey arriving at Brundusium, and having plenty of ships there, bade the two consuls embark immediately, and with them shipped thirty cohorts of foot, bound before him for Dyrrhachium.
Caesar sent all his money and equipage after him, and then sat down before Corfinium, which was garrisoned with thirty cohorts under the command of Domitius.
And having used his twenty cohorts as decoys to ensnare the forty of the enemy, he led them all back into the camp.
Some few of these did their duty, but the greatest part of them made towards the river, and, falling in with some cohorts stationed there, were cut off.
Then Labienus, sent thither by Caesar, collected the nearest cohorts and threw himself with four legions on the foe.
Yet there is no trace of Latin cohorts in Caesar's Gallic army; on the contrary according to his express statements all the recruits levied by him in Cisalpine Gaul were added to the legions or distributed into legions.
Fearing lest the Pharaoh should recall his word, the Hebrews were getting ready for departure, and soon their cohorts started, led by a cloud of smoke during the day and a pillar of fire by night.
At length Cesar sending sundrie other cohorts to the succour of his people that were in fight, and shrewdlie handled as it appéered, the Britains in the end were put backe.
Not content with this, they even compelled the emperor to approve of their sedition, and to make a speech to the people, in which he thanked the cohorts for their fidelity.
It was indeed to two Tungrian and three Batavian cohorts that Agricola was principally indebted for his victory over Galgacus.
It was also the gathering place of the followers of Penn and the Proprietary party, while their opponents, the political cohorts of Colonel Quarry, frequented Ye coffee house.
Holding sword in one hand and kipfel in the other, the Viennese would show themselves on top of their redoubts and challenge the cohorts of Mohammed IV.
Hampton knew from long experience what this meant; these were the quickly inflamed cohorts of Judge Lynch--they would act first, and reflect later.
One thing is certain, while the quarrel between the Hudson's Bay governor and the North-West clerk was becoming more furious, our surging cohorts were closing in on the little band like an irresistible tidal wave.
Our cohorts spread out in a crescent horn, Their path we bar in a steel scimitar, And their empty threats we flout with scorn.
It is to be hoped that the invasion did not take place in the rainy season or the cohorts would have been sadly bedraggled before they had reached Michmash.
Through here that picturesque Assyrian warrior Sennacherib must have passed when he "came down like a wolf on the fold; and his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold.
He sent for the priests and leaders, and commanded them to go forth and receive, with acclamations of welcome, two cohorts of troops who were advancing from Caesarea.
To the noblest of the senators who were much reduced in their circumstances, he granted annual allowances, in some cases as much as five hundred thousand sesterces; and to the pretorian cohorts a monthly allowance of corn gratis.
The defects of the legion had not escaped the notice of Roman military organizers, and it was already accompanied by auxiliary cohorts of light troops.
Foraging detachments were attacked; two cohorts destroyed; a strong brigade of legionaries surrounded, severely defeated, and only saved from destruction by the arrival of reinforcements.
Twenty-one infantry cohorts and six alæ of cavalry made up the original garrison, and some of them kept their stations for centuries.
Their chariotry and horsemen caught the VIIth Legion while it was foraging, and would have undoubtedly defeated it had not Cæsar come up just in time with two cohorts of the Xth.
Cæsar landed his force, fortified a strong camp, in which he stored his reserve supplies, and told off ten cohorts (i.
Prevalence rates for other birth cohorts were calculated using similar procedures.
The largest increases occurred among younger age cohorts -- those that already had high first incarceration rates.
In contrast, the prevalence of ever having gone to prison is an estimate of the percentage who have ever gone to prison among just the surviving members of all birth cohorts over a specific period.
In the future, the percents ever incarcerated will rise among older age groups as more recent cohorts experience the full impact of current levels of first incarceration rates throughout their lifetimes (figure 2).
These changes in the percents ever incarcerated by age reflect rising rates of first incarceration and the age of each of these birth cohorts when the increases occurred.
Fortunately for De Launay, Snake Murphy and his cohorts were so surprised to see the pose of the late guests that they gave him a moment of respite.
The rattled farmer and his cohortswere bluffed and puzzled.
For thus were the maniples and cohorts of the Hastiti, Principes and Triarii placed in their bodies, wherein consisted the strength of the Romane battle.
In the disposure of the Legions in the Wars of the Republike, before the division of the Legion into ten cohorts by the Emperours.
Yet, the Bannister cohorts seemed silent and discouraged, while the Latham supporters went wild, singing, cheering, howling.
At last Sulla with twentycohorts approached the camp of Scipio, and his soldiers saluted those of Scipio, who returned the salute and came over to them.
These words made the soldiers rally, and two cohorts came to their support from the right wing, which Sulla led against the enemy and put them to flight.
Confident because of their recent victory, the cohorts of the enemy stood firm, expecting to perform exactly as they boasted they had performed against Bohemund and the count.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cohorts" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
