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fo denominated from Hennogenes Ponticus, who was 

 a general of horfe under the emperor Conftantius, 

 and is fuppofed to have been the founder of this 

 diftinguillied kind of horfes, whofe praifes have de- 

 fcended to thefe times. 



Bcfides the Liidus T'rojaniis, aheady defcribed, the Ro- 

 mans pracSlifed other cxercifes, for the purpofcs of 

 teaching men and horfes the different talks required 

 of them in war. They had a miHtary esercife, de- 

 fcribed by Vegetius, called the Fahs, by which the 

 young men prepared, and qualified themfelves for real 

 combat. 



The Pa/us W3.S a PiHar about fix feet high, fattened 

 into the ground ; againfl this the foldiers made an 

 attack, affaulting it in feveral different manners and 

 attitudes, always taking care fo to manage their wea- 

 pons, that, fuppofmg it was a real enemy, they might 

 not expofe any part of their body to be hurt, while 

 they were llriking their adverfary. Inftead of a fword, 

 they ufed a rod, or (lick. They likewife run at the 

 Palus with lances, and threw javelins or darts at it, 

 endeavouring to hit particular partsj and their fuccefs 

 was a proof of their dexterity. 



There was alfo another military fport called the 

 Siuintana, from one ^I'lntus, who is faid to have been 

 the inventor of it. In its original ftate, it feems to 

 have been little different from the Pahs. 



The ^lintana was ufually the trunk of a tree, a poll, 



or pillar, fixed in the ground, againfl which the young 



4 foldiers 



