quis gelidas suetum noctes thorace gravatis sub Iove non aequo trahere et tentoria saepe spernere, ubi hiberna ruerent cum grandine nimbi, ac ne nocte quidem clipeive ensesve reposti, non pharetrae aut iacula, et pro membris arma fuere: tum grave cassis onus maioraque pondera visa parmarum, ac nullis fusae stridoribus hastae.
Once they had been used to spend cold nights under a stormy sky while wearing their heavy breastplates, and had often despised a tent when the rain and hail of winter were pouring down; even at night they did not put off sword and buckler, quivers and lances, but treated their weapons as parts of their bodies. But now the helmet was a burden, the light shield felt too heavy, and their spears made no whizzing sound as they went forth.
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