35. Claudius (who afterwards reigned with so much glory) was
posted in the pass of Thermopylae with 200 Dardanians, 100
heavy and 160 light horse, 60 Cretan archers, and 1000 well
armed recruits. See an original letter from the emperor to
his officer, in the Augustan History, p. 200. [Trebell.
Pollio in Claud. c. 16.]