Note 119 — Chapter III · THE FRANKS TO THE TIME OF CHARLES MARTEL [55 B.C.-732 A.D.]
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[His soldiers sang a song which Vopiscusc quotes:
“Mille Sarmatas, mille Francos, semel et semel occidimus Mille mille mille mille mille Persas quærimus.”
This song which became a street song in Rome is perhaps the first appearance of the name in Roman history.]