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He gave orders that the sentinels at night should stand guard without spear or sword, so that, with no hope of defending themselves against the enemy, they might better contend against sleep. 1
1 Cf. Plutarch's Life of Aemilius Paulus, chap. xiii. (262 A); Livy, xliv. 33, says ‘without shield.’
Plutarch. Moralia. with an English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1931. 3.
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