Book 27
10.7
Then, guided by men who knew the roads, and carefully reconnoitering the approaches, they at once marched slowly onward, through a widely extended tract of country, while the soldiers, more and more eager for battle, ground their teeth in a threatening way, as if they had already come upon the savages. But since after the lapse of several days no one could be found to oppose them, all the cornfields and dwellings which they saw were laid waste by devouring flames kindled by a band of the cohorts, with the exception of such foodstuffs as doubt about the outcome of affairs forced them to gather and keep.
10.8
After this the emperor went on at slower pace, and when he had come near a place called Solicinium,Perhaps Schwetzingen, near Heidelberg. he halted as if checked by some barrier, since he was reliably informed by the scouting troops in the van that the savages had been seen at a distance.
