ἱστορίαι Historiai
Liv. 3.63 The History of Rome, Livy; served verbatim
So they resumed the stru up and recovered the ground they not was the battle restored but 比e Sabines on that were even forced back. 斌葺‘二亲二讲w瑟器跳饭纂絮 WlngThe cavalry returned to their horses. protected by the infantry throuh whose ranks the passed. ‘·,·二角,一,忿。甘__J厂--一~一“, and ganopea on to me other wing to announce their success to their comrades. At7呼same, time they made,. ., .,“charge on_ the. w enemy, who. were卫ow a性mora乎sea th刃ou多孕the d.eleat of their strongest wing.哭one showed moreI勺rilliant courageY协.伽七 battle.,,I钾consul- s。 eyes were甲erywnere,.,件commended the..Is brave, naa words ot rebuke wnerever the battle seemed to slacken. Those whom he censured displayed at once the energy of brave men, they were stimulated by a sense of shame ,as much as the others -by his commendation. The battle-cry was again raised, and by one united effort on the part of the whole army they repulsed the enemy; the Roman attack could no longer be withstood. The Sabines were scattered in all directions through the fields, and left。 their camp as a spoil to the enemy.'rtirry .i T r } ..w vvnat zne -Lcomans zound there was not the nronerty of their allies, as had been the case on Algidus, but their own, which had been lost in the ravaging of their homesteads. For this double victory, won in two separate battles, the senate decreed thanksgivings on behalf of the consuls, but their jealousy restricted them to one day. The people, however, without receiving orders, went on the second day also in: vast crowds to the temples, and this unauthorised and spontaneous thanksgiving was celebrated with almost greater enthusiasm than the former. The consuls had mutually aLyreed to aDDroach the Citv durim these two gays ana convene a meeting opt the senate in the Campus Martius. Whilst they were making their report there on the conduct of the campaigns, the leaders of the senate entered a protest against their session being held in the midst of the troops, in order to intimidate them. To avoid any ground for this charge the consuls immediately adjourned the senate to the Flaminian Meadows, where the temple of Apollo then called the Apollinare--now stands. The senate by a large majority refused the consuls the honour of a triumph, whereupon L. Icilius, as tribune of the ulebs. brought the question before 产占r、.矛J the people. Many came forward to oppose it, particularly C.. Claudius, who exclaimed in excited tones that it was over the senate,, not over the enemy, that the consuls wished to celebrate the senate, but the tribes unanimously adoThat was the first instance of a triumph b黯the propocelebrated磷 order of the people without the authorisation of the senate.

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The History of Rome, Livy — translated by Rev. Canon Roberts, 1912
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