When Miltiades addressed his people against the Persians, there were heard tirrible noyses before the battaile, and certaine spirits were séene, which the Athenians afterwards affirmed to be the shaddowe of Pan, who cast suche a feare on the Persians, that they turned their backs and fled. Thereof Terrores Panici tooke their name, being spoken of sodayn feares vnlooked for, and terrours, suche as Lymphatici metus are, which driue men out of their wits being taken therewith.
Cicero de diuinatione.
Before the Lacedemonians were ouerthrowne in yͤ battaile at Leuctris, the armour moued, & made a great noise in the temple of Hestor. At the same time the doores of Hercules temple at Thebes being fast shut with barres, opened sodainly of their owne accord: and the weapons and armour which hoong fastned on the wall, were found lying vppon the grounde. These things are to be read in Cicero his first booke De diuinatione.
Liuie.
In the second warres of Carthage, the standerd-bearer of the first battaile of pikemen, could not remoue his ensigne out of his place, neither yet whē many came to helpe, they could any thing preuayle. These and suche other signes of euill lucke, Caius Flaminius the Consull, nothing regarded, but soone after his army was discomfited, and he himselfe slaine. Concerning which matter, Titus Liuius writeth at large. In the beginning of the warres waged with the people called Marsi, there was heard out of secrete places, certaine voyces, and noyse of harnesse, which foreshewed the daunger of the warres to come.
Plinie.
Plinie writeth in his.2.booke and 59.chapter, that in the warres with the Danes, and many times before, there was heard the clashing of armour, and the sound of trumpets out of Heauen.
Appianus.
Appianus declareth what signes and wonders went before the ciuill warres at Rome: what miserable cries of men clashing of armour, and running of horses were heard, no man séeing any thing.
Valeri. Max.li.1.cap.6.