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amongst you, that a man without one scar to show on his skin, that is smooth and sleek with ease and home-keep- ing habits, will undertake to define the office and duties of a general before us, who with our own wounds have been taught how to judge of the valor or the cowardice of commanders." And, at the same tilne, putting aside his garment, he showed an infinite number of scars upon his breast, and, turning about, he exposed some parts of his person which it is usual to conceal ; and, addressing Galba, said : " You deride me for these, in which I glory before my fellow-citizens, for it is in their service, in which I have ridden night and day, that I received them ; but go collect the votes, whilst I follow after, and note the base and ungrateful, and such as choose rather to be flat- tered and courted than commanded by their general." It is said, this speech so stojjped the soldiers' mouths, and altered their minds, that all the tribes decreed a triumph for ^milius ; which was performed after this manner. The people erected scaffolds in the Forum, in the cir- cuses, as they call their buildings for horse-races, and in all other parts of the city where they could best behold the show. The spectators were clad in white garments ; all the temples were open, and full of garlands and per- fumes ; the ways were cleared and kept open by numerous officers, who drove back all who crowded into or ran across the main avenue. This triumph lasted three days. On the first, which was scarcely long enough for the sight, were to be seen the statues, pictures, and colossal images, which were taken from the enemy, drawn upon two hun- dred and fifty chariots. On the second, was carried in a great many wagons the finest and richest armor of the Macedonians, both of brass and steel, all newly polished and glittering ; the pieces of which were piled uj) and ar- ranged purposely with the greatest art, so as to seem to be