πηγή είναι ο Αιμιανός Μαρκελλίνος, το τελευταίο βιβλίο απο το res gestaeA troop of Saracens (of whose origin and customs I have spoken at length in various places),166 who are more adapted to stealthy raiding expeditions than to pitched battles,167 and had recently been summoned to the city, desiring to attack the horde of barbarians of which they had suddenly caught sight, rushed forth boldly from the city to attack them. The contest was long and obstinate, and both sides separated on equal terms. 6 But the oriental troop had the advantage from a strange event, never witnessed before. For one of their number, a man with long hair and naked except for a loin-cloth, uttering hoarse and dismal cries, with drawn dagger rushed into the thick of the Gothic army, and after killing a man applied his lips to his throat and sucked the blood that poured out. The barbarians, terrified by this strange and monstrous sight, after that did not show their usual self-confidence when they attempted any action, but advanced with hesitating steps.
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