CumexcaptivisquaereretCaesarquamobremAriovistusproelionondecertaret,hancreperiebatcausam,quodapudGermanoseaconsuetudoessetutmatresfamiliaeeorumsortibusetvaticinationibusdeclararentutrumproeliumcommittiexusuessetnecne;easitadicere:
When Caesar inquired of his prisoners, wherefore Ariovistus did not come to an engagement, he discovered this to be the reason-that among the Germans it was the custom for their matrons to pronounce from lots and divination, whether it were expedient that the battle should be engaged in or not; that they had said,
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