ABSTRACT
SINCE a hateful deterioration results from idleness and inertia, especially when it comes to soldiering, provision was made in ancient times, lasting to this day, that in order to win wars young men should be broken in with the curb of military discipline and develop their powers by continued agility, some with spears, others by hurling stones, others by jumping or running.1 Most important of all is the fact that they will have to carry spears in battle, that is the strong, heavy, and thick soldiers' lances, not hollow inside, and, if they can, thrust them through an enemy wearing a double breastplate.
