Herculis simulacrum agmini peditum praeferebatur; id maximum erat bellantibus incitamentum, et deseruisse gestantis militare flagitium habebatur.
A statue of Hercules was carried at the head of the infantry force; this was a very great incentive to the combatants, and to have abandoned those who were carrying it was held  to be a military disgrace.
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