Et miles ne mulierum quidem neci temperabat, confixaque
Telis etiam iumenta corporum cumulum auxerant.
Clara et antiquis victoriis par ea die laus parta :
Quippe sunt qui paulo minus quam octoginta milia
Britannorum cecidisse tradant, militum quadringentis
Ferme interfectis nec multo amplius vulneratis.
Boudicca vitam veneno finivit.
The troops gave no quarter even to the women: the baggage animals themselves
had been speared and added to the pile of bodies.
The glory won in the course of the day was remarkable
and equal to that of our older victories: for, by
some accounts,...
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