When he openly left Octavian's sister, Octavia Minor, and moved to Alexandria to become Cleopatra's official partner, he led many Roman politicians to believe that he was trying to become the unchecked ruler of Egypt and of other eastern kingdoms, while still maintaining his command over the many Roman legions in the East.

When this decision was taken, Otho's army had already crossed the Po and were encamped at Bedriacum ( or Betriacum ), a small village on the Via Postumia, and on the route by which the legions from Dalmatia would naturally arrive.

When these two legions were delivered to Italy, instead of being sent to fight against the Parthians, they remained in Italy and were handed over to Pompey.

When the soldiers returned from the legions, they had nowhere to go, so they went to Rome to join the mob of thousands of unemployed who roamed the city.

When two of Fabius ' legions marched out to protect foragers and crossed the Segre, the bridge gave way, cutting off the small force.

When he was forced to resign in 187, the reason given was that the legions had grown hostile to him because of his harsh rule.

When news of the public anger in Rome spread across the Empire, the generals Pescennius Niger in Syria, Septimius Severus in Pannonia, and Clodius Albinus in Britain, each having three legions under his command, refused to recognize the authority of Julianus.

When Tiberius returned to Italy in 13 AD, Augustus appointed Drusus ' son, Germanicus, commander of the eight legions on the Rhine.

When in battle, the legions would be separated into their cohorts.

When Vespasian was finally acclaimed undisputed emperor, the legions XV Primigenia and V Alaudae returned to Castra Vetera ( Xanten camp ), where the Batavian rebellion was already in progress.

When the Roman Empire integrated the Galatian kingdom, this legion, which had been trained by the Romans and had fought under Roman commanders, became part of the Roman army ; since Caesar Augustus had already 21 legions, the legion received the number XXII.

When Cassius got the blessing of Aurelius ' wife, Cassius declared himself emperor, thinking his emperor dead, but he was still breathing, the legion learned the legions of the Danube were being led by none other than Aurelius himself to fight the rebels.

When the legion rebelled under Augustus, it was disbanded, stripped of its Equestris title, and, being populated with soldiers from other legions, renamed X Gemina.

When Teridax wants to continue the fight, he was momentarily weakened by the destruction of his Rahkshi legions.

When Octavius took control of Britain from Rome, Constantine sent three Roman legions to Britain under the command of Trahern.

When Roman legions arrived from Syria, the bandit army melted away.

When the attackers withdrew to an almost inaccessible position atop a steep hill, Pyrrhus then deployed the elephants against the third and fourth legions, who likewise proceeded to take refuge in heavily wooded areas on high ground while remaining under constant fire from the archers and slingers escorting the elephants.

When Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great fought for the power in Rome, the latter is said to have joined two of his legions who were encamped in Larino.

When Caesar heard that the consul Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor had asked Pompey to defend the state against Caesar, he ordered Trebonius on October 20, 50 BC to take three legions and move to Matisco, where he was to wait for further instructions.

When the Roman legions departed Britain around 400, a Romano-British culture remained in the areas the Romans had settled, and the pre-Roman cultures in others.

When he finally decided to attack, the light troops were called back through the space between the maniples to position themselves behind the legions on the wings, then the main advance began.

When Vitellius heard of Antonius ' approach, he dispatched Caecina with a powerful army composed of XXI Rapax, V Alaudae, I Italica and XXII Primigenia together with detachments from seven other legions and a force of auxiliaries.

When they were closer and he saw that one was a woman, he was more puzzled than ever.

When they were finally satisfied, Jones said, `` I think he's going to give us work ''.

When they were ready to leave, Benson and Ramey walked back around the rear of the trailer.

When they reached the school, a gang of boys and girls were already there playing `` crack the whip '' in front of the schoolhouse.

When these had been pocketed, we could still spend a morning cracking open other pebbles for our delight in seeing how much prettier they were inside than their dull exteriors indicated.

When he discovered they had received from the Company's Court of Directors no permission to live in India, coupled with the fact that they were Americans who had been sent to Asia to convert `` the heathen '', he became more belligerent than ever.

When Prudence and Blackberry were too young to be trusted in the dining room, they were tied to the radiator with their leashes, and they would cry.

When they were first written, there was evidently no thought of their being published, and those which refer to the writer's love for Mrs. Meynell particularly have the ring of truth.

When their levies came shambling into camp, they were all elbows, hair, and beard.

When, in March, 1640, the two towns were united under Coddington, Gorton claimed the union was irregular and illegally constituted and that it had never been sanctioned by the majority of freeholders.

When the negotiations began, his quarrel with the king of France was temporarily in abeyance, and he had no intention of reviving it so long as there was hope that French money would come to pay the troops who, under Charles of Valois, the papal vicar of Tuscany, were so valuable in the crusade against the Colonna cardinals and their Sicilian allies.

When these chores were finished, only then, was she allowed whatever freedom she could find.

When Sir Edward Greville enclosed the town commons on the Bancroft, Quiney and others leveled his hedges on January 21, 1600/1, and were charged with riot by Sir Edward.

When it was over, eight of his company were still alive and all eight were wounded.

When the stock exchange opened this morning, many dealers were quick to purchase shares in Douglas, Lockheed and United Aircraft and prices rose substantially.

When the end did come, and the schools were disbanded and abandoned, we felt and hoped that the machinery of psychological warfare would not be allowed to rust.

When we got there, Trig and the Negro were quarreling over possession of a gold crucifix around the neck of a wounded Filipino.

When it was proposed to rebuild the church, Wilson found that the terms for a new mortgage were very high.

When something unexpected happened, one always asked for water if one were a woman, brandy if one were a man.

When Papa's slender fingers removed the spectacles, there were red indentations on the bridge of the strong nose.

When the telephone rang on the day after Hino went down to the village, Rector had a hunch it would be Hino with some morsel of information too important to wait until his return, for there were few telephones in the village and the phone in Rector's office rarely rang unless it was important.

When values of temperature derived with this instrument were compared with the accepted values associated with liquid helium-4 vapor pressures, differences of about 10 and 7 millidegrees respectively were found.