Ab urbe condita

Titus Livius (Livy)

Livy. History of Rome, Volumes 1-2. Roberts, Canon, Rev, translator. London, New York: J. M. Dent and Sons; E. P. Dutton and Co., 1912.

There, too, as the enemy kept behind their walls, their fields were laid waste.

The burning not only of scattered homesteads but also of villages with numerous populations roused the Sabines to action. They met the depredators, an indecisive action was fought, after which they moved their camp into a safer locality.

The consul thought this a sufficient reason for leaving the enemy as though defeated, and coming away without finishing the war.

T. Numicius Priscus and A. Verginius were the new consuls. The domestic disturbance continued through these wars,