en quam aliquis in acie hortaretur ut pro salute coniugum et liberorum fortiter dimicaret! ex hoc nimirum hoste tanto duci poena magis quam victoria petenda fuit, quia plus vindicatus gravitatis quam victus gloriae adferre potuit, cum omne serpentum ac ferarum genus comparatione sui titulo feritatis superarit: nam quae illis dulcia vitae pignora proprio spiritu cariora sunt, ea Calagurritanis prandia atque cenae exstiterunt.
A fine set for somebody to exhort in battle to fight bravely for their wives and families! Surely so great a general should have sought retribution rather than victory against these enemies, since their punishment could bring him more respect than their conquest could bring him glory, for they outdid in savagery every species of reptile and wild beast you might compare them with. To those creatures the sweet pledges of life are more dear than their own breath; to the men of Calagurris they became lunch and dinner.
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