Germania 27

1There is no ostentation in their funerals: this alone is observed, that the bodies of famous men are burned with particular kinds of wood. 2They do not heap the pyre with garments or spices: each man's arms, and for some his horse too, are added to the fire. 2A mound of turf forms the tomb: the lofty and laborious honour of monuments they scorn as a burden to the dead. 2Laments and tears they put aside quickly, grief and sorrow slowly. 2For women it is honourable to mourn, for men to remember. 3This is what we have learned in general about the origin and customs of all the Germans: now I shall set out how far the institutions and rites of the individual peoples differ, and which tribes have migrated from Germany into the Gauls.