Kitap 7
33.17
it was this more than anything else which filled them with terror. This terror showed itself not only in the result of the battle but also in their hurrying away in the night.
33.18
The next day the Romans took possession of their empty camp, and all the population of Capua came out there to congratulate them.
34.1
ButP. Decius Mus saves a Roman Army. these rejoicings were very nearly being embittered by a great disaster in Samnium. The consul Cornelius had advanced from Saticula and led his army by a mountain pass which descended into a narrow valley.
34.2
All the surrounding heights were occupied by the enemy, and he did not notice them high up above him till retreat was impossible.
34.3
The Samnites were waiting quietly till the whole of the column should descend into the lowest part of the valley, but meantime P. Decius, a military tribune, descried a peak jutting out on the pass which commanded the enemy's camp. This height would have been a difficult one for a heavy-armed force to climb but not for one in light marching order.
34.4
Decius came up to the consul, who was in a great state of alarm, and said to him: “Do you see, A. Cornelius, that height above the enemy?
