Dumbfounded by fear [amisso vocis officio prae timore] just when he was supposed to speak, he rather aroused pity in those present.
Until then, a crowd of his compatriots who were allowed to make their pleas out of fear kept their mouths shut [cuius ora formido muta claudebat], because it was not yet certain what answer their superiors would get.
When this was told to rise from the ground and when he gave these the long-awaited signal to speak, throwing shields and weapons, they surrendered to prayer in such a way that they humbly surpassed the prince himself.
This information led some scientists (Hugo Schuchardt (1842-1927), Johannes Schmidt and Alfred von Domaszewski) to the conclusion that Limigantes and Agaragantes lived right there.
In addition, it should be added those Iaziges, who were not affected by the revolution, and who, since they practiced human hunting, also had slaves at their disposal and were so powerful that, like the liberated Limigantes, they continued to ravage the Roman provinces despite losses.
The incursions of nomadic peoples were usually reduced to rapid, sudden raids by smaller detachments, and the number of 300,000 Agragantes was probably exaggerated.
In any case, the question arises as to whether the lowlands between the Danube and the Tisza could then provide sufficient means of subsistence for so many people with freedom of movement, all the more so as they also nurtured horse breeding.
The cause of Jaziga's increasing incursions into the Roman provinces of Pannonia and Moesia was probably not only a propensity for war and plunder (and later German pressure) but also partly limited living space and overcrowding.