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Heathcote William Garrod, comp. (1878–1960). The Oxford Book of Latin Verse. 1912.

Quintus Ennius 239–169? B.C.

Caelius resists the Onset of the Istri

VNDIQVE conueniunt uelut imber tela tribuno:

configunt parmam, tinnit hastilibus umbo,

aerato sonitu galeae, sed nec pote quisquam

undique nitendo corpus discerpere ferro:

semper abundantes hastas frangitque quatitque.

totum sudor habet corpus multumque laborat,

nec respirandi fit copia: praepete ferro

Histri tela manu iacientes sollicitabant.