17. Theoclius (as quoted in the Augustan History, p. 211
[Vopisc. Aurel. c. 6]) affirms that in one day he killed
with his own hand forty-eight Sarmatians, and in several
subsequent engagements nine hundred and fifty. This heroic
valour was admired by the soldiers, and celebrated in their
rude songs, the burden of which was mille, mille, mille,
occidit.