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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Polity of Athenians and Lacedaemonians by Xenophon: [12] A single mora, or an army corps.
[13] Or, "vedettes," {proskopon}. See "Cyrop." V. ii. 6.
[14] ? Or, "on your arms." See Sturz, "Lex. Xen." s.v.
If the story is a little long the reader must not be surprised, since
it would be difficult to find any point in military matters omitted by
the Lacedaemonians which seems to demand attention.
XIII
I will now give a detailed account of the power and privilege assigned
by Lycurgus to the king during a campaign. To begin with, so long as
he is on active service, the state maintains the king and those with
him.[1] The polemarchs mess with him and share his quarters, so that
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