Ergo ubi vicissim contiguae se cernerent partes, cristatis galeis corusci Romani, vibrantesque clipeos, velut pedis anapaesti praecinentibus modulis, lenius procedebant, et praepilatis missilibus per procursatores principiis pugnae temptatis, excita undique humus rapido turbine portabatur.
So, when both sides were near enough to look each other in the face, the Romans, gleaming in their crested helmets and swinging their shields as if to the rhythm of the anapaestic foot, advanced slowly; and the light-armed skirmishers opened the battle by hurling their javelins, while the earth everywhere was turned to dust and swept away in a swift whirlwind.
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