Succurrebat enim illis quam animosa severitate Tarentino bello maiores eorum usi fuissent; in quo quassatis et attritis rei publicae viribus, cum magnum captivorum civium suorum numerum a Pyrrho rege ultro missum recepissent, decreverunt ut ex iis qui equo meruerant peditum numero militarent, qui pedites fuerant in funditorum auxilia transcriberentur, neve quis eorum intra castra tenderet, neve locum extra adsignatum vallo aut fossa cingeret, neve tentorium ex pellibus haberet.
They remembered the high-hearted severity of their ancestors in the Tarentine War, in which the might of the commonwealth had been shaken and worn down. Having received a large number of their fellow countrymen sent back by king Pyrrhus of his own motion, they decreed as follows: those of them who had served in the cavalry should serve as infantry, those who had been foot soldiers should be transferred to the auxiliary slingers, none of them should pitch tent inside a camp nor surround any place assigned to him outside with rampart or moat, nor have a tent made of skins.
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