Volscians

When the Romans heard the message, they indignantly replied, that the Volscians were the first that took up arms, but the Romans would be the last to lay them down.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

As soon as this announcement was made in the senate, a levy was ordered: the consuls were commanded to divide the management of the war between them; that the Volscians should be the province of the one, the

The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius

When the Romans heard the message, they indignantly replied, that the Volscians were the first that took up arms, but the Romans would be the last to lay them down.

Coriolanus Plutarch 1909

When the Romans heard the message, they indignantly replied, that the Volscians were the first that took up arms, but the Romans would be the last to lay them down.

The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch; being parts of the "Lives" of Plutarch, edited for boys and girls 46-120? Plutarch 1884

The Romans were very indignant when they heard these demands, and made answer, that the Volscians might be the first to take up arms, but that the Romans would be the last to lay them down.

Plutarch's Lives, Volume I 46-120? Plutarch 1839

All the shoot-em-up arcade game depictions of the war between a US-like Rome and the Balkan-like Volscians, and the putting of Shakespeare's lines into the mouths of newscasters such as Peter Snow, seem moot since those very words describe defunct codes of military honour.

Berlin film festival – review 2011

Volscians to break their truce with Rome and raise an army to invade.

The Tragedy of Coriolanus 2004

Volscians, who waged war not without honor against the Romans.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

I am Caius Marcius, the author of so much mischief to the Volscians; of which, were I seeking to deny it, the surname of Coriolanus I now bear would be a sufficient evidence against me.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

Tullus, therefore, began to dread the issue of the defense he was going to make for himself; for he was an admirable speaker, and the former services he had done the Volscians had procured and still preserved for him greater kindness than could be outweighed by any blame for his late conduct.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003