When Their City Was Occupied By The Gauls, And The Romans, Who Were Besieged In The Capitol, Had Made Military Engines From The Hair Of The Women, They Dedicated A Temple To The Bald Venus. - SearchQuotes

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When their city was occupied by the Gauls, and the Romans, who were besieged in the Capitol, had made military engines from the hair of the women, they dedicated a temple to the Bald Venus.

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