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| | Justin: Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus, Book 24 |
 | | They were a savage, bold, and warlike nation, and were the first after Hercules (to whom that undertaking procured great admiration for his valour, and a belief in his immortality), to pass the unconquered heights of the Alps, and places uninhabitable from excess of cold. |
 | | After having subdued the Pannonians, they carried on various wars with their neighbours for many years. |
 | | Success encouraging them, they betook themselves, in separate bands, some to Greece, and some to Macedonia, laying waste all before them with the sword. |
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