Germ. 43.1Retrō Marsignī, Cotinī, Osī, Būrī terga Marcomanōrum Quadōrumque claudunt.Behind them the Marsigni, Cotini, Osi and Buri close in the rear of the Marcomani and Quadi. Germ. 43.1Ē quibus Marsignī et Būrī sermōne cultūque Suēbōs referunt: Cotinōs Gallica, Osōs Pannonica lingua coarguit nōn esse Germānōs, et quod tribūta patiuntur.Of these the Marsigni and Buri resemble the Suebi in speech and way of life: the Cotini are proved by their Gallic language, the Osi by their Pannonian, not to be Germans, and also because they submit to tributes. Germ. 43.2Partem tribūtōrum Sarmatae, partem Quadī ut aliēnigenīs impōnunt: Cotinī, quō magis pudeat, et ferrum effodiunt.Part of the tribute is imposed on them by the Sarmatians, part by the Quadi, as on foreigners: the Cotini, to their greater shame, even mine iron. Germ. 43.2Omnēsque hī populī pauca campestrium, cēterum saltūs et verticēs montium īnsēdērunt.And all these peoples have settled on little of the plain, but for the rest on the forest passes and mountain heights. Germ. 43.3Dirimit enim scinditque Suēbiam continuum montium iugum, ultrā quod plūrimae gentēs agunt, ex quibus lātissimē patet Lugiōrum nōmen in plūrēs cīvitātēs diffūsum.For Suebia is divided and cut through by a continuous ridge of mountains, beyond which live very many peoples, of whom the name of the Lugii extends most widely, spread over several states.
Germ. 43.3Valentissimās nōmināsse sufficiet, Hariōs, Helvecōnas, Manimōs, Helisiōs, Naharvalōs.It will be enough to have named the most powerful, the Harii, Helvecones, Manimi, Helisii and Naharvali. Germ. 43.4Apud Naharvalōs antīquae religiōnis lūcus ostenditur.Among the Naharvali a grove of ancient worship is shown. Germ. 43.4Praesidet sacerdōs muliebrī ōrnātū, sed deōs interpretātiōne Rōmānā Castorem Pollūcemque memorant.A priest in women's attire presides, but the gods they speak of, in Roman interpretation, are Castor and Pollux. Germ. 43.4Ea vīs nūminī, nōmen Alcis.Such is the character of the divinity; the name is Alci. Germ. 43.4Nūlla simulācra, nūllum peregrīnae superstitiōnis vestīgium;There are no images, no trace of foreign superstition; Germ. 43.5ut frātrēs tamen, ut iuvenēs venerantur.yet it is as brothers, as young men, that they are worshipped. Germ. 43.5Cēterum Hariī super vīrēs, quibus ēnumerātōs paulō ante populōs antecēdunt, trucēs īnsitae feritātī arte ac tempore lēnōcinantur: nigra scūta, tincta corpora;But the Harii, besides the strength by which they surpass the peoples just listed, are fierce, and they enhance their natural savagery by art and timing: black shields, dyed bodies; Germ. 43.5ātrās ad proelia noctēs legunt ipsāque formīdine atque umbrā fērālis exercitūs terrōrem īnferunt, nūllō hostium sustinente novum ac velut īnfernum aspectum;they choose dark nights for battle, and by the very dread and shadow of a ghostly army they strike terror, no enemy withstanding a sight so strange and, as it were, hellish; Germ. 43.5nam prīmī in omnibus proeliīs oculī vincuntur.for in all battles the eyes are conquered first.
Germ. 43.6Trāns Lugiōs Gotonēs regnantur, paulō iam adductius quam cēterae Germānōrum gentēs, nōndum tamen suprā lībertātem.Beyond the Lugii the Gotones are ruled by kings, a little more tightly now than the other peoples of the Germans, yet not yet beyond the point of freedom. Germ. 43.6Prōtinus deinde ab Oceanō Rugiī et Lemoviī;Then immediately, by the Ocean, come the Rugii and Lemovii; Germ. 43.6omniumque hārum gentium īnsigne rotunda scūta, brevēs gladiī et ergā rēgēs obsequium.and the mark of all these peoples is round shields, short swords and obedience towards their kings.