velites

velites读音音标

英 [\'vi:lɪti:z]

美 [\'vɪlɪˌtɪz]

velites意思解释

n.

（古罗马*队中的）轻装步兵；

英英释义

Velites (singular: veles) were a class of infantry in the Roman army of the mid-Republic. Velites were light infantry and skirmishers who were armed with a number of light javelins () to fling at the enemy, and also carried short thrusting swords, or gladii, for use in melee.