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As he was stunned by their first onset, they forced him to take speedy refuge in the steep mountains, after losing a few of their own men. Athanaricus, troubledCf. cura constrictus, xx, 4, 19. by this unexpected attack and still more through fear of what might come, had walls built high, skirting the lands of the Taifali from the banks of the river GerasusTo-day the Pruth on the eastern frontier of ancient Dacia. as far as the Danube, thinking that by this hastily but diligently constructed barrierFor lorica in this sense, cf. 15, 4, below. his security and safety would be assured.
