A war-cry on the funeral of Marcus Aurelius, from the movie "The Fall of the Roman Empire" (1964).
According to Ammianus Marcellinus /The History, Book XVI, 12, 43/ barritus /german origin/ is ''shout in the very heat of combat rises from a low murmur and gradually grows louder, like waves dashing against the cliffs...''
Vegetius /De Re Militari, Book III, 18/ wrote: "The war shout should not be begun till both armies have joined, for it is a mark of ignorance or cowardice to give it at a distance. The effect is much greater on the enemy when they find themselves struck at the same instant with the horror of the noise and the points of the weapons."

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