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VIII.p12
VIII.p12
He (Camillus) showed them naked to the Romans and said: These are the creatures who assail you with such terrible shouts in battle, and clash their arms and shake their long swords and toss their hair. Behold their weakness of soul, their slothfulness and flabbiness of body, and gird yourselves to your work.