# Acies Contra Alanos 16

Arrian, Acies Contra Alanos, Section 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/arrian/acies-contra-alanos/16

τετάχθων δὲ ἐπὶ ὀκτώ, καὶ πυκνὴ αὐτοῖς ἔστω ἡ σύγκλεισις. καὶ αἱ μὲν πρῶται τέσσαρες τάξεις ἔστων κοντοφόρων, ὧν δὴ τοῖς κοντοῖς μακρὰ καὶ ἐπίλεπτα τὰ σιδήρια προῆκται. καὶ τούτους οἱ μὲν πρωτοστάται ἐς προβολὴν ἐχόντων, ὡς εἰ πελάζοιεν αὐτοῖς οἱ πολέμιοι, κατὰ τὰ στήθη μάλιστα τῶν ἵππων τίθεσθαι τῶν κοντῶν τὸν σίδηρον·

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Arrian, Acies Contra Alanos, ed. Rudolf Hercher, Alfred Eberhard. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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