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30.
Stabat pro litore diversa acies, densa armis virisque,
intercursantibus feminis; in modum Furiarum veste ferali,
crinibus deiectis faces praeferebant; Druidaeque circum,
preces diras sublatis ad caelum manibus fundentes, novitate
aspectus perculere militem ut quasi haerentibus membris
immobile corpus vulneribus praeberent. dein cohortationibus ducis et se ipsi stimulantes ne muliebre et fanaticum
agmen pavescerent, inferunt signa sternuntque obvios et
igni suo involvunt. praesidium posthac impositum victis
excisique luci saevis superstitionibus sacri: nam cruore
captivo adolere aras et hominum fibris consulere deos fas
habebant. haec agenti Suetonio repentina defectio provinciae nuntiatur.
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