 120. He maintains his Army’s Loyalty to Caesar |
122. Narrow Escape of their Commander  |
Quibus rēbus cōnfīrmātus Cūriō cōnstituit, cum prīmum esset data potestās, proeliō rem committere; postrīdiēque mīlitēs prōductōs eōdem locō, quō ante cōnstiterant, in aciē collocāvit. Quō animadversō, Vārus quoque cōpiās prodūxit, nē, sī aequo locō darētur occāsiō, dīmicandī facultātem dīmitteret.
Erat vallēs inter duās aciēs, ut suprā dēmōnstrātum est, nōn ita magna, at difficilī et arduō ascēnsū. Hanc uterque sī adversāriōrum cōpiae trānsīre cōnārentur, exspectābat, quō aequiōre locō proelium ipse committeret. Postrēmō Vārī equitēs in vallem dēscendere coepērunt. Ad eōs Cūriō equitātum et duās cohortēs mittit; quōrum prīmum impetum equitēs hostium nōn ferunt, sed admissīs equīs ad suōs refugiunt.
Quā rē animadversā, legiōnēs sē sequī iubet Cūriō, et omnibus cum cōpiīs in vallem cōnfēstim dēscendit; interim autem hostēs, veritī nē ab equitātū circumvenīrentur, terga vertunt ūniversī, ac summā celeritāte sē in castra recipiunt.