Barritus (barrītūs) is a battle cry documented in writing since the 1st century among Germanic tribes. The technique of Barritus later became popular among Germanic auxiliary troops in the Roman Army. In the 4th century, Ammianus Marcellinus describes Barritus as typical for Germanic auxiliary troops. Publius Cornelius Tacitus describes the Barritus in his work Germania (3, 1 as barditus).[1][2]
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^Publius Cornelius Tacitus (1944), Herbet Ronge (ed.), Tacitus und die wichtigsten antiken Schriftstellen über Deutschland. (5. Auflage ed.), München: Ernst Heimeran Verlag, p. 17
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