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Rari gladiis aut majoribus lanceis utuntur: hastas, vel ipsorum vocabulo frameas gerunt, angusto et brevi ferro sed ita acri et ad usum habili, ut eodem telo, prout ratio poscit, vel cominus vel eminus pugnent: et eques quidem scuto frameaque contentus est: pedites et missilia spargunt, plura singuli, atque in immensum vibrant, nudi aut sagulo leves.
"Et quidem peregrina, nomine Zenobia, de qua jam multa dicta sunt, quae se de Cleopatrarum. Ptolemaeorumque gente jactaret, post Odenatum maritum imperiali sagulo perfuso per humeros habitu, donis ornata, diademate etiam accepto, nomine filiorum Herenniani et Timolai diutius quam faemineus sexus patiebatur, imperavit.
These words involve a sentiment of great importance, and of universal application. Good habits wherever they exist, and especially in a republic, are of far greater value and efficacy than good laws. XX. Nudi. Cf. 6: nudi aut sagulo leves. Not literally naked, but slightly clad, cf. Sen. de benef. 5, 13: qui male vestitum et pannosum vidit, nudum se vidisse dicit. Sordidi.
This is a mere supposition without regard to fact; that implies an expectation, that the case will sometimes happen. Cetera intecti. Uncovered as to the rest of the body, cf. 6: nudi aut sagulo leves. Totos dies. Acc. of duration of time. Agunt==vivunt. Fluitante. The flowing robe of the southern and eastern nations; stricta, the close dress and short clothes of the northern nations.
Also Caes., B.G. 6, 21: magna corporis parte nuda. Sagulo. Dim. of sago. A small short cloak. Leves==Leviter induti. The clause nudi leves is added here to show, that their dress is favorable to the use of missiles. Missilia spargunt. Dictio est Virgiliana. Coloribus. Cf. nigra scuta, Sec. 43. "Hence coats of arms and the origin of heraldry." Mur. Cultus. Military equipments.
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