When the Roman forces clash with the Ambrones, at one point the battle devolves into a literal shouting match!

>[…] clashing their arms in concert and keeping time as they leapt and bounded onward, they continually repeated their own name, “Ambrones!” either to encourage one another, or to strike the greater terror into their enemies. Of all the Italians in Marius’s army, the Ligurians were the first that charged; and when they caught the word of the enemy’s confused shout, they, too, returned the same, as it was an ancient name also in their country, the Ligurians always using it when speaking of their descent. This acclamation, bandied from one army to the other before they joined, served to rouse and heighten their fury, while the men on either side strove, with all possible vehemence, the one to overshout the other. _________________________ **Source:** Plutarch, John Dryden, and Arthur Hugh Clough. "Caius Marius." *Plutarch's Lives*. New York: Modern Library, 2001. 561. Print. _________________________ **Further Reading:** [Ἄμβρωνες (Ambrones)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrones) [Ligures (singular Ligus or Ligur; English: Ligurians, Greek: Λίγυες)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligures) ___________________________ **If you enjoy this type of content, please consider donating to my [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/HistoryLockeBox)!**