CHAP. III.] 



ROMAN CAVALRY. 



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Empire is falling to pieces, when the ancient civilisation 

 is destroyed, and when the tumults and confusion caused 

 by such a general upheaval, and the consequent 

 destruction of art, science, and literature, are gradually 

 producing the dark ages. We will leave the question 

 we are discussing at this point, where history seems 

 almost lost in a mist, and in the next portion of the 

 work begin groping again to pick up on this side of 

 that period the threads of the tangled skein which we 

 now drop. 





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