Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, Book 41
Evan T. Sage, Ph.D. and Alfred C. Schlesinger, Ph.D., Ed.

11. A few days before this Junius and Manlius had begun to assault with all their might the town of Nesattium,¹ to which the leading men of the Histrians and even their chieftain Aepulo had withdrawn. [2] There Claudius, bringing up the two new legions and sending away the old army with its commanders, himself invested the town and prosecuted the siege with sheds; [3] and a river which flowed past the walls and was both a hindrance to the besiegers and a water-supply to the Histrians, after many days' toil he diverted and led off by a new channel. [4] This act, by its miraculous cutting off of the water, terrified the barbarians; but, with no thought of peace even then, turning to the slaughter of their wives and children, in order that so horrible a deed might be in full view of the enemy also, they openly slew them on the walls and cast their bodies down. [5] In the midst of the simultaneous wailing of women and children and the dreadful slaughter, the soldiers scaled the wall and entered the town. [6] When the chief heard the din of its capture from the [p. 221]terrified cries of the fugitives, he stabbed himself² with his sword, so as not to be taken alive; [7] the rest were captured or killed. Next two towns, Mutila and Faveria, were taken by storm and destroyed. [8] The booty, considering the poverty of the people, was greater than they had hoped, and all of it was given to the soldiers. Five thousand six hundred and thirty-two captives were sold at auction. The persons responsible for the war were scourged and beheaded. [9] All Histria, through the destruction of three towns and the death of its king, was pacified; and all the surrounding tribes gave hostages and surrendered.

[10] Toward the end of the Histrian war the Ligurians began to hold councils regarding war.