Sed Theramenes a litteris et doctrina virilitatem traxit, Numantino vero Rhoetogeni ad consimilem virtutem capessendam quasi magistra gentis suae ferocitas exstitit: perditis namque et adflictis rebus Numantinorum, cum omnes cives nobilitate pecunia honoribus praestaret, vicum suum, qui in ea urbe speciosissimus erat, contractis undique nutrimentis ignis, incendit: <tum ex tota urbe populum convocavit,> protinusque strictum gladium in medio posuit ac binos inter se dimicare iussit, ut victus incisa cervice ardentibus tectis superiaceretur.
Theramenes, however, drew manliness from letters and learning, whereas Rhoetogenes of Numantia was taught as it were to show a like valour by the fierce spirit of his race. Numantia was lost and overthrown. Rhoetogenes, who excelled all his countrymen in birth, wealth, and honours, assembled combustibles from all sides and set his block of dwellings, the most handsome in the city, on fire. Then he summoned the people from all over the city and placed a drawn sword in the middle and told them to fight each other two by two, on the understanding that the losers throat be cut and he thrown into the burning buildings.
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