V. THE ARMY-- Number of the Legion 122 1. _First Period_--Servius Tullius 122 2. _Second Period_--The Great Latin War, B.C. 340 122 Hastati 122 Principes 122 Triarii 122 Rorarii and Accensi 123 3. _Third Period_--During the wars of the younger Scipio 123 Two legions assigned to each Consul 123 Division of the legion 123 The Maniples 123 The Cohorts 123 The Tribuni Militum 123 The Horse-soldiers 123 Infantry of the Socii 123 4. _Fourth Period_--From the times of the Gracchi to the downfall of the Republic 123 Changes introduced by Marius 124 Triumphs 124 CHAPTER XVIII. INTERNAL HISTORY OF ROME DURING THE MACEDONIAN AND SYRIAN WARS. CATO AND SCIPIO. Effect of the Roman conquests in the East 126 Debasement of the Roman character 126 192. Infamous conduct of L. Flamininus 127 193. Worship of Bacchus 127 Gladiatorial exhibitions 127 Rise of the new nobility 127 191. Law against bribery 127 Decay of the peasant proprietors 128 M. Porcius Cato 128 234. His birth 128 His early life 128 204. His Quaestorship 129 198. His Praetorship 129 195. His Consulship 129 Repeal of the Oppian Law 130 191. Cato serves in the battle of Thermopylae 130 Prosecution of the two Scipios 130 Haughty conduct of Scipio Africanus 130