Augebat metum gnarus Romanae seditionis et, si mitteretur ripa, invasurus hostis: at, si auxilia et socii adversum abscedentis legiones armarentur, civile bellum suscipi.
To add to the alarm, the enemy was cognizant of the disaffection in the Roman ranks, and invasion was certain if the Rhine bank was abandoned. Yet to arm the auxiliaries native and foreign against the seceding legions was nothing less than an act of civil war.
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