Stelle 12 Igitur Fabius consul contra Lusi...; (Historiarum adversum paganos libri VII (417 - 418), Lib. 5, Cap. 4, 12 (Vol. II, p. 92, trans. Fear, p. 214)) [5853]

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Text Historiarum adversum paganos libri VII (417 - 418) Orosius
Quotation 12 Igitur Fabius consul contra Lusitanos et Viriatum dimicans Bucciam oppidum, quod Viriatus obsidebat, depulsis hostibus liberauit et in deditionem cum plurimis aliis castellis recepit. Fecit facinus etiam ultimis barbaris Scythiae, non dicam Romanae fidei et moderationi, exsecrabile. Quingentis enim principibus eorum, quos societate inuitatos deditionis iure susceperat, manus praecidit.
Translation 12. The consul Fabius fought against the Lusitanians and Viriatus, driving off the enemy and freeing the town of Buccia which Viriatus was besieging. He accepted its unconditional surrender along with that of many strongholds. Then he perpetrated a crime that would have disgusted even the furthest-flung barbarians of Scythia, let alone the Roman sense of fidelity and moderation. He cut off the hands of 500 of their leading men whom, in accordance with the law of surrender, he had summoned in order to form an alliance with him.
Quotation source Lib. 5, Cap. 4, 12 (Vol. II, p. 92, trans. Fear, p. 214)
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