idem expugnati primus stetit aggere muri, et quotiens campo rapidus fera proelia miscet, qua sparsit ferrum, latus rubet aequore limes.
He was first also to stand on the rampart of a city stormed; and, whenever he dashed over the plain where fierce battle was joined, a broad red lane was left on the field, wherever he hurled his spear.
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