Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 27.4.4

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[4] A part of these were inhabited by the Scordisci,¹ who are now widely separated from those same provinces: a people formerly cruel and savage, and, as ancient history declares, accustomed to offer up their prisoners as victims to Bellona and Mars, and from their hollowed skulls greedily to drink human blood. By their savageness the Roman state was often sorely troubled and after many lamentable calamities finally lost a whole army with its commander.²

Res Gestae. Ammianus Marcellinus. John C. Rolfe (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1935-1940.

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History (English) (Ammianus Marcellinus. Ammianus Marcellinus, with an English translation, Vols. I-III. Rolfe, John C., translator. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; W. Heinemann, 1935-1940 (printing).)

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[4] Et partem earum habitavere Scordisci, longe nunc ab eisdem provinciis disparati, saevi quondam et truces, et¹ (ut antiquitas docet), hostiis captivorum Bellonae litantes et Marti, humanumque sanguinem in ossibus capitum cavis bibentes avidius, quorum asperitate post multiplices pugnarum aerumnas saepe res Romana vexata postremo omnem amisit exercitum, cum rectore.

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1. In the time of Ammianus included in Pannonia.

2. The consul of 114 B.C., M. Porcius Cato; Dio, xxvi. 88 (vol. ii. L.C.L.); Florus i. 39, 3 f.; Eutr. iv. 24. Nothing is said of Cato’s death by these writers.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 27.4.4

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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