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[14] Among these the Nervii 1 inhabit the interior of the country near the lofty, precipitous peaks nipped by the north winds and benumbed with ice and snow. Behind these are the Vidini 2 and the Geloni, exceedingly savage races, who strip the skins from their slain enemies to make clothing for themselves and coverings for their horses in war. 3 On the frontier of the Geloni are the Agathyrsi, who checker their bodies and dye their hair with a blue colour 4 —the common people with a few small marks, but the nobles with more and broader spots of dye. 5
Ammianus Marcellinus. With An English Translation. John C. Rolfe, Ph.D., Litt.D. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1935-1940.
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