Ab urbe condita

his army. There was an immense slaughter, for they were too much terrified to think under what standard to rally or whether to make for their camp or flee

further afield. Their fears drove them into such a hasty flight that as many as 40,000 shields — far more than the number of the slain —and military standards, including those captured in the storming of the camp, to the number of 170 were brought to