Polybius (i)

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Instrument Cited: horns and trumpets

Citation Reference: Prob. II, 29, 6.

Citation Content: The parade and tumult of the army of the Celts terrified the Romans; for there was amongst them an infinite number of horns and trumpets, which, with the shouts of the whole army in concert, made a clamour so terrible and loud, that every surrounding echo was awakened, and all the adjacent country seemed to join in the horrible din.

Recent Reference: Wilde 1861: p.632; Nierhaus 1953: p.60.