non illis solitum crispare hastilia campo, nec mos pennigeris pharetram implevisse sagittis;pila volunt brevibusque habiles mucronibus enses; aere caput tecti surgunt super agmina cristis.
his men were not wont to hurl the spear-shaft in battle, or to fill quivers with feathered arrows; they prefer the pilum and handy short-bladed sword; they wear helmets of bronze, and their plumes wave above the ranks.
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