non aerea cassis nec lorica riget ferro, non tenditur arcus; tempora multiplici mos est defendere lino et lino munire latus scelerataque sucis spicula dirigere et ferrum infamare veneno.
they wear no helmet of brass nor tough cuirass of steel; nor do they bend the bow. It is their custom to protect their heads with many folds of linen, and with linen to cover their bodies, and to throw javelins steeped in noxious juices, thus disgracing the steel with poison.
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