Et cum nihil humani proficerent sensus, diu fluctuantes et dubii, exstructis aris caesisque hostiis, consulta numinum scitabamur, utrum nos per Assyriam reverti censerent, an praeter radices montium lenius gradientes, Chiliocomum prope Corduenam sitam ex improviso vastare: quorum neutrum extis inspectis, confore dicebatur.
And since human wisdom availed nothing, after long wavering and hesitation we built altars and slew victims, in order to learn the purpose of the gods, whether they advised us to return through Assyria, or to march slowly along the foot of the mountains and unexpectedly lay waste Chiliocomum, situated near Corduena; but on inspection of the organs it was announced that neither course would suit the signs.
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