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{{For|other uses of Garrison|Garrison (disambiguation)}}
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[[File:Siege of malta 1.jpg|300px|right|thumb|''"Arrival of the dean fleet''", showing the garrison of [[Malta]] in 1565 and the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] invasion force.]]
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It was an old custom in [[History of Italy during Roman times|ancient Italy]] to send out colonies for the purpose of securing new conquests. The [[Roman Republic|Romans]], having no [[standing army]], used to plant bodies of their own citizens in conquered towns as a kind of garrison.
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