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.

But each side felt some anxiety at meeting a new and untried foe.

The battle was an index to their feelings; for some time they fought so resolutely that neither line showed any signs of giving way.