Et quae leviora haberi solent plerumque militari gratiora vulgo sunt, exercitatio corporis inter ipsos, cultus habitusque paulum a privato abhorrens, militaris vigor; quis ille vel ingenii dotibus vel animi artibus, ut pariter carus ac venerandus esset, effecerat.
Also things which are commonly regarded as trifling, are usually more pleasing to a crowd of soldiers: bodily exercise in their company, dress and bearing differing but little from those of a man in private station, a soldiers vigour; by these, whether they were natural gifts or consciously acquired, he had made himself alike beloved and worthy of deep respect,
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