quin etiam exhilarare viris convivia caede mos olim, et miscere epulis spectacula dira certantum ferro, saepe et super ipsa cadentum pocula respersis non parco sanguine mensis.
Then too, it was their ancient custom to enliven their banquets with bloodshed, and to combine with their feasting the horrid sight of armed men fighting; often the combatants fell dead above the very cups of the revellers, and the tables were stained with streams of blood.
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