scar-covered

Updated: May 19, 2025

The ruling lords, no doubt, looked down with a lofty disdain on the ignoble growler, and believed, not without reason, that they were far superior; but fashionable corruption in and out of the senate secretly trembled in the presence of the old censor of morals with his proud republican bearing, of the scar-covered veteran from the Hannibalic war, and of the highly influential senator and the idol of the Roman farmers.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book III : From the Union of Italy to the Subjugation of Carthage and the Greek States

Good Heavens!" cried he, interrupting himself, "what is this again?" To the sound of martial music, there was seen coming down the street a band of scar-covered veterans, the invalids of the first years of the war.

L. (Luise) Mühlbach - The Merchant of Berlin: An Historical Novel

Nitager's scar-covered officers listened with astonishment to the ready speech of Eunana, and thought, "He will be raised above others!" "Eunana," said the minister, "Thou art not only diligent, but pious; not only pious, but watchful as an ibis over water. The gods have poured out on thee every virtue: they have given thee serpent cunning, with the eye of a falcon."

Bolesław Prus - The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt

The ruling lords, no doubt, looked down with a lofty disdain on the ignoble growler, and believed, not without reason, that they were far superior; but fashionable corruption in and out of the senate secretly trembled in the presence of the old censor of morals with his proud republican bearing, of the scar-covered veteran from the Hannibalic war, and of the highly influential senator and the idol of the Roman farmers.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)