The Roman commanders ，L. Lentulus and L. Manlius Acidinus, were determined not to let the war spread through any remissness on their part. They united their forces anti marched with their combined strength through the Ausetanian territory, inflicting no injury on either the hostile or the peaceable districts, until they cm to where the enemy was encamped. They fixed their own camp at a distance of three miles from that of the enemv. and sent envoys to persuade him to lay down his arms. When. however, the Spanish horse attacked a party of forazers. once- J‘才.户气曰产， hurried up from the Roman outposts，and asl placewithout any special advantage to either side. On the morrow the whole of the arms and in battle formation to初thin a mile of the Row camp. The Ausetani formed the centre, the Ilergetes were on. the right and the left was made up of various nameless tribe. 乃etween the wmas and the centre open spaces were卜 iett. wmeenougnto avow of the cavalry cnarging tnrougn wnen the ngatmoment arrived. The Roman line was formed运the usu峨 wav.except that thev so far copied the enemv as to leave s between the lezlons for their cavalrv also to vass.牡切创也血‘ Lentulus。however. saw that this disuosition would be) of一翻3- to that side only who were the first to·tom`' through the wide gaps in the opposing line. Accor d峡灯- 卜gave the military tribune, Servius Cornelius, orders to send his cavalry at full speed through the openings. He himself, finding that his infantry were mak mg no progress, ar dthat the twelfth legion。who were on the left. o pp ed to the Ile rgetes, V ,， were beginning to give ground, brought up 0月tJ 6.h e thirteenth legion who were in reserve to their sUDDort. As s} restored in this quarter the front encouraging r.自a hh氏沈 e.15习q曰 men and bringing up assistance wherever 't and pointed out to him that all was safe on his left and th Cornelius, acting under his orders, 产吃J would soon envelop the enemy with a whirlwind of cavalry. He had hardly said this when the Roman cavalry charging into the middle of the enemy threw his infantry into confusion, and -at the same time barred the passage for the Spanish horse. ‘These, finding themselves unable to act as cavalry, dismounted .and fought on foot. When the Roman commanders saw the .enemy's ranks in disorder, confusion and panic spreading and the standards swa户g to and fro, they appealed to their men to break up the enemy while thus shaken and not let them .re-form their line. The barbarians would not have withstood the furious attack which followed had not Indibilis and his dismounted cavalry placed themselves in front to screen the infantry. There was very violent fighting for some time, neither side giving way. The king though half dead kept his groun d till he was pinned to the earth by a javelin, and then th ，se who were兔hting round him were at last overwhelmed beneath showers of missiles.A general flight began and the carnage was all the greater because the troopers had no time to recover their horses, and the Romans never relaxed the pursuit until. they had stripped the enemy of his camp. 13,000 Spaniards 一were killed on that day and about 18oo prisoners taken. Of the Romans and allies a little more than zoo fell, mainly on the left wing. The Spaniards who had been routed on the field or driven out of their camp, dispersed amongst the fields, and finally returned to their respective communities.