_praeficere aliquem exercitui_—to place some one at the head of an
army, give him the command.
_praeficere aliquem bello gerendo_—to charge some one with the conduct
of a war.
_praeesse exercitui_—to be at the head of an army.
_magnum usum in re militari habere_ (Sest. 5. 12)—to possess great
experience in military matters.
_rei militaris rudem esse_—to have had no experience in war.
_vir fortissimus_—a hero.
_magnas res gerere_—to perform heroic exploits.
_res fortiter feliciterque gesta_—a success; a glorious feat of arms.
_res bene gesta_—a success; a glorious feat of arms.
_res gestae_[1]—exploits in war; brilliant actions.
_summa belli, imperii_ (B. G. 2. 4. 7)—the command-in-chief.
_cum imperio esse_—to hold a high command.
_imperii summam tenere_ (Rep. 2. 28)—to be commander-in-chief.
_imperii summae praeesse_—to be commander-in-chief.
_imperii summam deferre alicui_ or _ad aliquem, tradere alicui_—to
appoint some one commander-in-chief.
_imperium transfertur ad aliquem_ (not _transit_)—the command is
transferred, passes to some one.
_imperium alicui abrogare_ (Off.3. 10)—to depose a person from his
command.
_modestia_[2] (opp. _immodestia_)—discipline (insubordination).
_dicto audientem esse alicui_—to obey a person's orders.
_milites disciplina coercere_—to keep good discipline amongst one's men.
_milites coercere et in officio continere_ (B. C. 1. 67. 4)—to keep
good discipline amongst one's men.
[1] Thus _magnae, memorabiles, praestantissimae res gestae_, and also
_meae, tuae, suae_, etc. The phrase _rem gerere_ can be used either of
the combat (_proelium_) or the whole war (_bellum_), cf. B. G. 5. 44.
11; Off. 3. 108.
[2] _modestia_, the character of the man who observes a mean (_qui
servat modum_), is used morally of self-restraint, moderation
(σωφροσύνη). In politics it means loyalty; in the army, discipline.