Divus Julius
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He often rallied his troops, when they were giving way, by his personal efforts; stopping those who fled, keeping others in their ranks, and seizing them by their throat turned them towards the enemy; although numbers were so terrified, that an eagle-bearer,
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thus stopped, made a thrust at him with the spear-head; and another, upon a similar occasion, left the standard in his hand.