In the time of Vegetius, it was reduced to a foot, or even nine inches.

I have chosen a medium.] [Footnote 45: For the legionary arms, see Lipsius de Militia Romana, l.
iii.c.

2--7.] [Footnote 46: See the beautiful comparison of Virgil, Georgic ii.

v.
279.] [Footnote 47: M.Guichard, Memoires Militaires, tom.i.c.4, and Nouveaux Memoires, tom.i.p.

293--311, has treated the subject like a scholar and an officer.] [Footnote 48: See Arrian's Tactics.