None of this escaped the notice of the veientines, and they pressed on more vigorously in the hope that the Roman army would show the same spirit of disaffection towards Appius which it had shown towards Fabius. But it was much more violent towards Appius than it had been towards Fabius, for the soldiers not only refused to conquer, like the army of Fabius, but they wished to be conquered. When led into action they broke into a disgraceful flight and made for their camp, and offered no resistance till they saw the Volscians actually attacking their entrenchments and doing frightful execution in their rear. Then they were compelled to fight, in order that the victorious enemy， might,卜.户甲g瞥from their ramp乎;，14 was. however, quite evident that the .n.oman soldiers only xougnt to prevent the capture of the camp;otherwise_ zney rej oicect in their ignominious.ctezeati.，rz}Y}.uS7，UC LCkII11IIU UV I1」 W U:5 III IIU't way weakened by乡nls,， taut when ne耳as乎于diza-ting m叮e severe measures and ordering an assexnoiy ox his troops., zne officers of his staff and the military tribunes gathered round him and warned. him on no account to try how far he could stretch his authority, for its force wholly d Qep ended upon the free consent of those who obeyed it. They sa *dal that the soldiers as a body refused to come to the assembly, and dean heard on all sides for the camp to be removed from the Volscian territory; onyr , 7冬 。nly short time before the victorious enemy had all but forced his way into the camp. There were not onl suspicions of a serious mutiny, the evidence was before thei y.甘 eyes. Appius yielded at last to thei remonstrances. He knew would gain nothing but delay of punishment, and Orders were issued for an advance on the morrow, and the trumpet gave the signal for starting at dawn. When the army had got clear was forming in marching order, the Volscians, rently, by the same signal, fell upon the rear. thus created extended to the leading ranks, and set up such a p anxc in the whole army that it was impossible for either orders, to be heard or a fighting line to be formed. No one thought of anything but flight..，They made theix way over heap. V s of bodies and arms in such wild .haste that the enemv nave up t before the Romans abandoned their flight. At last, after the consul had vainly endeavoured to follow up and rally his men, the scattered troops were gradually got together again, and he fixed his camp on territory undisturbed mPOn万节汀托OI’冬u升Q15界r哪只?ywa仁ro笋月a.upr势“ by war. 1FIe called the men for an asseMDIv, and axzer inveigning, with periecr iustxce. against an army which had been false to military discipline and had deserted its standards, he asked them, individually where the standards were, where their arms were. The soldiers who, had thrown away their arms, the standard-bearers who had lost their standards, and in addition to these the卜centurions. and duplicarii 2s who had deserted their ranks, he ordered to be scourged and beheaded. Of the rank and file every tenth man was drawn by lot for punishment.