Book 38, Chapter 40

ἐκ τῆς γῆς ἡμῶν ἐξέδρασαν. τὰ δʼ αὐτὰ ταῦτα καὶ περὶ τῶν Γαλατῶν καὶ Κελτῶν ἄν τις εἰπεῖν ἔχοι. καὶ γὰρ οὗτοι, μέχρι μὲν ἐντὸς τῶν Ἄλπεων ἐμένομεν, πολλάκις αὐτὰς ὑπερέβησαν καὶ πολλὰ τῆς Ἰταλίας ἐπόρθησαν· ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐτολμήσαμέν ποτε ἔξω τε τῶν ὅρων ἐκστρατεῦσαι καὶ τὸν πόλεμόν σφισι περιστῆσαι, καί τινα καὶ τῆς χώρας αὐτῶν ἀπετεμόμεθα, οὐκέτʼ οὐδένα πόλεμον ἀπʼ αὐτῶν ἐν τῇ Ἰταλίᾳ, πλὴν ἅπαξ, εἴδομεν.