Book 10
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When Cato said the Bruttiani scourged them, lest haply anyone should inquire the meaning of Bruttiani, it is this: When Hannibal the Carthaginian was in Italy with his army, and the Romans had suffered several defeats, the Bruttii were the first people of all Italy to revolt to Hannibal. Angered at this, the Romans, after Hannibal left Italy and the Carthaginians were defeated, by way of ignominious punishment refused to enrol the Bruttii as soldiers or treat them as allies, but commanded them to serve the magistrates when they went to their provinces, and to perform the duties of slaves. Accordingly, they accompanied the magistrates in the capacity of those who are called floggers in the plays, and bound or scourged those whom they were ordered. And because they came from the land of the Bruttii, The name Bruttium is of late origin they were called Bruttiani.
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How Publius Nigidius with great cleverness showed that words are not arbitrary, but natural.
