legiones pro vallo stetere, ingens victoriae decus citra Romanum  sanguinem bellandi, et auxilium, si pellerentur.
the Roman legionaries themselves were posted in front of the palisade, to be a great matter for pride in the event of victory, if the battle were fought without the expenditure of Roman blood, and a reinforcement if the others were repelled.
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