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 p176  CVI. The head of Decebalus brought to the Roman quarters

The scene is the praetorian quarter of a Roman camp. It is built on a height and a double wall protects one precipitous  p177 side. Within is a crowd of Roman soldiers with their helmets off. Two light armed soldiers have just come into camp, and bear in their hands the head of Decebalus on a board. All heads are turned on this ghastly trophy. Their eyes are closed and the sheepskin cap still covers the hair. The tent of the emperor is behind the crowd, and the emperor has probably been first presented with this visible evidence of the conclusion of the reign of his enemy.

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