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XXIV. Observations on the Chariots of the antient Britains. By the Rev. Mr. Pegge. In a Letter to the Rev. Mr. Norris
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 July 2012
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Besides the common mistake of the annalists and historians in regard to this passage in Juvenal,
Regem aliquem capies, aut de temone Britanno
Excidet Arviragus—Juvenal IV. 126.
By taking Arviragus for the proper name of a person, and not of an officer; the words of the satyrist are memorable in another respect, as serving to inform us, by the word temone, of a singular mode of fighting amongst the Britons; as if by leaving his carriage, and running upon the pole, the combatant from thence, or from the yoke, engaged the enemy, as long as he thought prudent and convenient, and then retreated back into the body of the vehicle.
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page 211 note [a] Essay on the Coins of Cunobelin, p. 57.
page 212 note [b] Pownall, Treatise on the Study of Antiquities, p. 251.
page 212 note [c] Ibid.
page 212 note [d] Dr. Musgrave's Works, vol. I. p. 168.