iamque alternas in proelia gentes dissimilis Bellona ciet; non clamor utrimque, non utrimque tubae: stat debilis altera pubes summissos enses nequiquam ammentaque dextris laxa tenens; cedunt tellure, armisque reductis ostentant veteres etiamnum in sanguine plagas.
And now Bellona rouses the two peoples to battle in different guise. The shouting is one-sided, so are the trumpets. One army stands feebly, their swords droop idly, they hold their spear straps loose in their hands. They give ground, draw back their weapons, showing old gashes still bleeding.
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