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And, therefore, I do not think it strange that those battles were more firm and furious than those that are fought on horseback: "Caedebant pariter, pariterque ruebant Victores victique; neque his fuga nota, neque illis." Their battles were much better disputed. Nowadays there are nothing but routs: "Primus clamor atque impetus rem decernit."
As he reflected he glanced occasionally up at the tall figure of a youthful Briton beside him a noble of the tribe of the Brigantes whom the soldiers had nicknamed 'Rufus' on account of his auburn hair. These two had become such close friends that the prefect of the camp had likened them to Nisus and Euryalus, for they were inseparable. 'His amor unus erat pariterque in bella ruebant.