Book 29
4.3
And first Severus, who commanded the infantry forces, took the lead by marching against Mattiacae Aquae;Cf. Plin., N.H. xxxi. 20, sunt et Mattiaci in Germania fontes calidi trans Rhenum; Tac., Ann. 1, 56. Perhaps Wiesbaden. but alarmed when he considered the small number of his soldiers, he halted, fearing that he might be unable to resist the onrushing hordes of the enemy, and so might be overcome by them.
4.4
There he chanced to find some of the traders scurrae is used also of Germans serving in the Roman army. Cf. Lampr., Alex. Sev. 61, 3, unus ex Germanis, qui scurrarum officium sustinebat. Here perhaps campfollowers. leading slaves intended for sale, and because he suspected that they would quickly run off and report what they had seen, he took their waresI.e., the slaves. from them and killed them all.
