Sunt autem Bactriani inter illas gentes promptissimi, horridis ingeniis multumque a Persarum luxu abhorrentibus; siti haud procul Scytharum, bellicosissima gente et rapto vivere assueta, semper in armis erant.
Now the Bactriani are the most valiant among those nations, of rude dispositions and not at all inclined to the luxurious habits of the Persians; situated as they are not far from the Scythians, a nation fond of war and accustomed to live by plunder, they were always in arms.
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