[History of Rome, Vol III by Titus Livius]@TWC D-Link bookHistory of Rome, Vol III BOOK XXXIII 72/93
He triumphed, while in office, over the Insubrians and Comans.
The prospect of a triumph over the Boians he left to his colleague, because his own arms had been unfortunate in that country; those of his colleague, successful. Large quantities of spoils, taken from the enemy, were carried in the procession in captured chariots, and many military standards; also, three hundred and twenty thousand _asses_ of brass,[1] two hundred and thirty-four thousand of silver denarii,[2] stamped with a chariot. Eighty _asses_[3] were bestowed on each foot soldier, and thrice that value on each horseman and centurion. [Footnote 1: 1033l.6s.
8d.] [Footnote 2: 2331l.2s.
6d.] [Footnote 3: 5s.
2-1/4d.] 38.
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