text:  What then must have been the capacity of the man who could by his single efforts alter the character of a whole people; chain victory at land to the standards of a maritime republic; and bow down to the earth on their own territory that rival power whose legions erelong triumphed over the armies of all the military monarchies of the world? The auxiliaries formed a considerable part in point of numbers of the Roman forces; but the strength of the legions was to be found in the Roman citizens