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4.4
A part of these were inhabited by the Scordisci,In the time of Ammianus included in Pannonia. who are now widely separated from those same provinces: a people formerly cruel and savage, and, as ancient history declares, accustomed to offer up their prisoners as victims to Bellona and Mars, and from their hollowed skulls greedily to drink human blood. By their savageness the Roman state was often sorely troubled and after many lamentable calamities finally lost a whole army with its commander.The consul of 114 B.C., M. Porcius Cato; Dio, xxvi. 88 (vol. ii. L.C.L.); Florus i. 39, 3 f.; Eutr. iv. 24. Nothing is said of Cato’s death by these writers.
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But, as we now see them, those same places, formed in the shape of a crescent moon, present the appearance of a beautiful theatre. At its western summit are the steep mountains through which the narrow pass of Succi opens, separating Thrace from Dacia.
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The left side,This reverses the directions usual on our maps; but it is correct, since he begins at the west. towards the northern stars, is shut in by the lofty heights of Mount Haemus and the Hister,The Danube. which, where it washes Roman soil, borders on many cities, fortresses, and castles.
