saevior ante alios iras servasse repostas atque odium renovare ferox in tempore Samnis; mox levis et sero pressurus facta pudore Bruttius, ambiguis fallax mox Apulus armis; tum gens Hirpini vana indocilisque quieti et rupisse indigna fidem
Fiercest of all were the Samnites, ever ready to keep alive ancient feuds,a and eager to gratify their hatred afresh when occasion offered. Their example was followed by the Bruttians, a fickle folk whose late repentance was to avert their doom; by the treacherous Apulians who own no fixed alliance; and by the Hirpini, light-minded and restless men who had no reason to break faith.
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