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48.
Translata dehinc castra hostem propter, relictis apud
priora munimenta Thraecibus, quos nobis adfuisse memoravi. iisque permissum vastare, urere, trahere praedas, dum
populatio lucem intra sisteretur noctemque in castris tutam
et vigilem capesserent. id primo servatum: mox versi in
luxum et raptis opulenti omittere stationes, lascivia epularum aut somno et vino procumbere. igitur hostes incuria
eorum comperta duo agmina parant quorum altero populatores invaderentur, alii castra Romana adpugnarent, non spe
capiendi sed ut clamore, telis suo quisque periculo intentus
sonorem alterius proelii non acciperet. tenebrae insuper
delectae augendam ad formidinem. sed qui vallum legionum temptabant facile pelluntur; Thraecum auxilia repentino incursu territa, cum pars munitionibus adiacerent,
plures extra palarentur, tanto infensius caesi quanto perfugae et proditores ferre arma ad suum patriaeque servitium
incusabantur.
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