Itaque ipse cum expeditis cohortibus, item funditorum et sagittariorum delecta manu apud primos erat; in postremo C. Marius legatus cum equitibus curabat, in utrumque latus auxiliarios equites tribunis legionum et praefectis cohortium dispertiverat, ut cum eis permixti velites, quocumque adcederent equitatus hostium, propulsarent
Accordingly, he himself was at the head of the column with cohorts ready for action, along with an elite body of slingers and archers; his deputy commander Gaius Marius with the cavalry was in charge at the rear; on each flank Metellus had apportioned the auxiliary cavalry to the military tribunes and officers in charge of the cohorts so that light-armed troops might be integrated with them and repel the enemys horsemen, wherever they advanced.
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