Book 9
41.17
His words were received with such eagerness by his men that their enthusiastic shouts interrupted their commander's address, and without waiting for the word of command or the notes of the trumpets and bugles they raced forward against the enemy.
41.18
They did not attack them as though they were armed men; marvellous to relate, they began by snatching the standards from those who bore them, then the standardbearers were themselves dragged off to the consul, the soldiers were pulled across from the one army to the other, the action
41.19
was everywhere fought with shields rather than with swords, men were knocked down by the bosses of shields and blows under the arm-pits. More were captured tan killed, and only one cry was heard throughout the ranks: “Lay down your arms!”
41.20
So, on the field of battle, the prime authors of the war surrendered. During the next few days the rest of the Umbrian communities submitted. The Ocriculans entered into a mutual undertaking with Rome and were admitted to her friendship.
42.1
After bringing to a victorious close the war which had been allotted to his colleague, Fabius returned to his own sphere of action.
42.2
As he had conducted operations with such success the senate followed the precedent set by the people in the previous year and extended his command for a third year in spite of the strenuous opposition of Appius Claudius who was now consul, the other consul being L. Volumnius.
