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War with Allobroges and Arverni The attack of Flaccus, however, fell in the first instance not on the Arverni, but on the smaller tribes in the district between the Alps and the Rhone, where the original Ligurian inhabitants had become mixed with subsequent arrivals of Celtic bands, and there had arisen a Celto-Ligurian population that may in this respect be compared to the Celtiberian.
At the echo of her voice there entered a Celtiberian slave, tall, spare, strong, whom the Greek valued highly for the gentleness with which she combed her hair. Supporting herself on the shoulders of the slave, she raised up and sprang from the couch to enter the bath. Her nude form was invested by her hair like a transparent, golden veil.
In Spain nothing worth mentioning was performed, except that the Romans drew over to their side the Celtiberian youth, by giving them the same pay which they had stipulated with the Carthaginians to pay them. They also sent above three hundred Spaniards of the greatest distinction into Italy, to bring over their countrymen, who served among the auxiliary troops of Hannibal.
A Macedonian corps under Sopater, and a consignment of Celtiberian mercenaries, were immediately expected. Scipio Driven Back to the Coast Surprise of the Carthaginian Camp
Actæon looked through the window at the Celtiberian, the only one of the group who remained silent, but who had his glittering eyes fastened upon the bare neck showing above the Roman legionary's bronze corselet, as if attracted by the coarse veins outlined beneath the skin. Surely the Greek had seen those eyes before; they were like an old acquaintance whose name one cannot recall.
The sun was setting when they started. Alorcus and Actæon rode in advance, their mantles thrown over their heads, padded linen breastplates to protect their chests after the Celtiberian fashion, and short broadswords, and leather shields hanging at their sides.
"But you, philosopher," said the Greek, "are not so lean and emaciated as the others. Who maintains you?" "My poverty. I was so accustomed to hunger in times of plenty that now I scarcely notice the famine. Observe the advantages of being a philosopher and a beggar!" "Trust not the words of that monster," said Lachares with repugnance. "He is as beastly as a Celtiberian.
Near the Acropolis, when the procession was wholly within its walls, Alorcus discerned among the people a Celtiberian mounted on a horse covered with foam and sweat, beckoning him to approach. Alorcus, turning away from the troop of horsemen, trotted towards him. "What do you want?" he asked, in the harsh language of his country. "I am one of your tribe, and your father is my chief.
A merchant turned warrior!" And he laughed with the insolence of the strong, not fearing the anger of the old Carthaginian, who began to stammer an answer. The Celtiberian, who had remained silent, laid his hand upon the old man. "Silence, Carthaginian! The Roman is right. You are peddlers incapable of measuring up with them in war. You love money too much to dominate by the sword.
Coiffures in Grecian style with red ribbons plaited in, the tuft of curls at the back of the head resembling the flame of a torch, the forehead small as a sign of supreme beauty, mingled with coiffures of the Celtiberian women, who wore their foreheads shaven and shiny to make them larger, their hair curled around a little stick placed on their heads, forming a sharp horn from which hung a black veil.
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