06-19-2002, 02:56 AM
I think you're refering to a passage in Livy's History of Rome, XXXI.34:<br>
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“Philip gave orders that the horsemen who had fallen in this expedition should be borne into camp so that the funeral honors accorded them should be seen by all. This he did on the assumption that by making provision for the burial he would enhance his own popularity and increase the readiness of his men to face danger on his behalf . . . [But] a ceremony which he thought would make them more ready to undertake any conflict struck fear into their hearts and consequent reluctance. They had seen wounds caused by spears, arrows, and, rarely, by lances, since they were accustomed to fighting the Greeks and Illyrians; but now they saw bodies dismembered by the Gladius, arms cut off with the shoulder attached, or heads severed from bodies, with the necks<br>
completely cut through, internal organs exposed, and other horrible wounds, and a general feeling of panic ensued when they discovered the kind of weapons and the kind of men they had to contend with.â€ÂÂ
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“Philip gave orders that the horsemen who had fallen in this expedition should be borne into camp so that the funeral honors accorded them should be seen by all. This he did on the assumption that by making provision for the burial he would enhance his own popularity and increase the readiness of his men to face danger on his behalf . . . [But] a ceremony which he thought would make them more ready to undertake any conflict struck fear into their hearts and consequent reluctance. They had seen wounds caused by spears, arrows, and, rarely, by lances, since they were accustomed to fighting the Greeks and Illyrians; but now they saw bodies dismembered by the Gladius, arms cut off with the shoulder attached, or heads severed from bodies, with the necks<br>
completely cut through, internal organs exposed, and other horrible wounds, and a general feeling of panic ensued when they discovered the kind of weapons and the kind of men they had to contend with.â€ÂÂ
