rudis his tum parma, brevique bellabant ense; at vestigia nuda, sinusque cingere inassuetum, et rubrae velamine vestis ars erat in pugna fusum occuluisse cruorem.
They carried then a primitive shield, and fought with a short sword; their feet were bare, nor was it their custom to wear a belt; their dress was red, and they had skill to hide under its covering the blood shed in battle.
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