tum mihi dona viri praeda delecta tulere, arma simul regnoque meo tum cognita primum cornipedum frena atque arcus, qui cedere nostris non norunt iaculis, et veteres tribuere magistros militiae, qui dispersas sine lege catervas vestro formarent ritu ad certamina Martis.
Then they gave me presents chosen from the spoil, and weapons also, and bridles for horses, which my realm had never known till then, and bows, not inferior to our javelins; and they gave me veteran soldiers to train my irregular hordes in the Roman manner of warfare.
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