enemy. In their effort to f the second legion were the first to force their way out of the camp. XLVIL They were now fighting outside the rampart while thef四rthlegionwe移stillhe!dupthe fourth legion乡heir gate. werestillhelduPin theirgate.Suddenlywere still held u a new alarm arose on the opposite side of the camp. The Gauls had broken through the quaestorian gate, and after meeting with the most obstinate resistance had killed the quaestor, L. Postumius Tympanus, M. Atinius and P. Sempronius, praefects of allies. and nearly 200 men. This side of the camp was in the enemy's hands until one of the“special cohorts”which had been sent by the consul to defend the quaestorian gate drove them out of the camp after killing many of them, and stopped those who were breaking in Almost at the same moment the fourth legion, with two of the special cohorts.forced their way 1产-.少 out of another gate.ia So there were three separate actions going on simultaneously on different sides of the and the confused shouts which arose called·off the attention of the combatants fromt thei own struggle to the doubtful position of their comrades. Up to noonday the battle was fought with equal strength on both sid es, and almost equal hopes of victory. But the heat and the e Xe :rti on told Gauls with their soft and bodies. utterlv as they were of enduring 丫‘二‘LS C.刀兀 亡。Lr兀 5.，s升 nLJL十‘JJ .器their compelled them to beat a retreat. The few who still ground were charged by the Romans and driven in rout to their camp. Then the consul gave the signal to retire;most of the men obeyed it, but-some in their eagerness for battle and in the hope of securing the hostile camp pushed on to the rampart. The Gauls, deriding this weak force, rushed in a body out of their camp. Now it was the Romans who were routed, and those who refused to return to camp at the consul's order were driven thither by their fears. So first on one side and then on the other victory and flight alternated. The Gauls, however, lost as many as z i,ooo men, the Romans 5ooo.