Lucius Annaeus Florus
The two books of the Epitome,
extracted from Titus Livius,
of all the wars of seven hundred years
Book I (continued)
XXI. The Illyrian War
II, 5 The Illyrians, or Liburnians, dwelt at the very roots of the Alps between the rivers Arsia and Titius and spread widely along the coast of the Adriatic Sea. 2 Under the rule of their queen Teutana, not content with depredations, they added crime to lawlessness. 3 When our ambassadors came to protest against their delinquencies, they slew them, not with the sword, but like sacrificial victims, with the axe, and burnt to death the commanders of our ships. To make their action still more insulting, it was a woman that gave the order. 4 They were, therefore, thoroughly subdued by an army under Gnaeus Fulvius Centimalus; and the axe wielded against the necks of the chiefs made atonement to the shades of our ambassadors.
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XXI. Bellvm Illyricvm
II, 5 Illyrii seu Liburni sub extremis Alpium radicibus agunt inter Arsiam Titiumque7 flumen, longissime per totum Hadriani maris litus effusi. 2 Hi regnante Teutana muliere populationibus non contenti licentiae scelus addiderunt. 3 Legatos quippe nostros, ob ea quae deliquerant iure agentes, ne gladio quidem, sed ut victimas securi percutiunt, praefectos navium igne comburunt; idque, quo indignius foret, mulier imperavit. 4 Itaque Gnaeo Fulvio Centimalo8 duce late domantur. Strictae secures in principum colla legatorum manibus litavere.
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