strategus
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The strategus marching is general of the army, in which case a new strategus is to be elected in his room.
From The Commonwealth of Oceana by James Harrington
In his capacity of strategus, or general, Pericles convoked a formal assembly of the people, for the purpose of vindicating himself publicly against the prevailing sentiment, and recommending perseverance in his line of policy.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
Upon this stand two chairs, in that on the right hand sits the strategus, in the other the orator adorned with scarlet robes, after the fashion that was used by the dukes in the aristocracy.
From The Commonwealth of Oceana by James Harrington
The strategus and the orator having drawn for the letters, the urns are prepared accordingly by one of the commissioners and the two censors.
From The Commonwealth of Oceana by James Harrington
The livery of the commonwealth for the fashion or the color may be changed at the election of the strategus according to his fancy.
From The Commonwealth of Oceana by James Harrington
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