Semnones

They adorn themselves, so to speak, for the eyes of the foe.

The Semnones give themselves out to be the most ancient and renowned branch of the Suevi.

Their antiquity is strongly attested by their religion.

At a stated period, all the tribes of the same race assemble by their representatives in a grove consecrated by the auguries of their forefathers and by immemorial associations of terror.

All this superstition implies the belief that from this spot the nation took its origin.

That here dwells the supreme and all-ruling deity to whom all else is subject and obedient.

The fortunate lot of the Semnones strengthens this belief.

A hundred cantons are in their occupation, and the vastness of their community makes them regard themselves as the head of the Suevic race.

They adorn themselves, so to speak, for the eyes of the foe.

The Semnones give themselves out to be the most ancient and renowned branch of the Suevi.

Their antiquity is strongly attested by their religion.

At a stated period, all the tribes of the same race assemble by their representatives in a grove consecrated by the auguries of their forefathers and by immemorial associations of terror.

He must crawl out along the ground.

All this superstition implies the belief that from this spot the nation took its origin, that here dwells the supreme and all-ruling deity to whom all else is subject and obedient.

The fortunate lot of the Semnones strengthens this belief.

A hundred cantons are in their occupation, and the vastness of their community makes them regard themselves as the head of the Suevic race.