4/27 * Note: On the uncertainty of all these estimates, and the difficulty of fixing the relative value of brass and silver, compare Niebuhr, vol.i.p. Eng.trans.p.452.According to Niebuhr, the relative disproportion in value, between the two metals, arose, in a great degree from the abundance of brass or copper .-- M. 1845.] [Footnote 31: Caesar formed his legion Alauda of Gauls and strangers; but it was during the license of civil war; and after the victory, he gave them the freedom of the city for their reward.] [Footnote 32: See Vegetius, de Re Militari, l.i.c. |