33. Contiguous to the Tencteri were formerly the Bructeri;  174 but report now says that the Chamavi and Angrivarii,  175 migrating into their country, have expelled and entirely extirpated them,  176 with the concurrence of the neighboring nations, induced either by hatred of their arrogance,  177 love of plunder, or the favor of the gods towards the Romans. For they even gratified us with the spectacle of a battle, in which above sixty thousand Germans were slain, not by Roman arms, but, what was still grander, by mutual hostilities, as it were for our pleasure and entertainment.  178 May the nations retain and perpetuate, if not an affection for us, at least an animosity against each other! since, while the fate of the empire is thus urgent,  179 fortune can bestow no higher benefit upon us, than the discord of our enemies.