Neque enim prospexisse castra brevemque militiam quasi transisse contentus, ita egisti tribunum ut esse dux statim posses, nihilque discendum haberes tempore docendi: cognovisti per stipendia decem mores gentium regionum situs opportunitates locorum, et diversam aquarum caelique temperiem ut patrios fontes patriumque sidus ferre consuesti.
A distant look at a camp, a stroll through a short term of service was not enough for you; your time as tribune must qualify you for immediate command, with nothing left to learn when the moment came for passing on your knowledge. Ten years of service taught you customs of peoples, locality of countries, lie of the land, and accustomed you to enduring every kind of river and weather as if these were the springs and climate of your native land.
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