Note 326 — Chapter VIII · THE UNFREE. THE SERF.
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A whole army may be devoted as victims by the conquerors. “Sed bellum Hermunduris prosperum, Cattis exitiosius fuit, quia victores diversam aciem Marti ac Mercurio sacravere, quo voto equi, viri, cuncta, victa occidioni dantur.” Tac. Annal, xiii. 57. “Lucis propinquis barbarae arae, apud quas tribunos ac primorum ordinum centuriones mactaverant: et cladis ... superstites, pugnam aut vincula elapsi, referebant ... quot patibula captivis, quae scrobes,” etc. Tac. Annal. i. 61.