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43. praeerat castris M. Aemilius tribunus militum, M. Lepidi filius, qui post paucos annos pontifex maximus factus est. [2] is1 qua fugam cernebat suorum, cum praesidio omni2 occurrit et stare primo, deinde redire in pugnam iubebat pavorem et turpem fugam increpans; [3] minae exinde erant, in [p. 416] perniciem suam caecos ruere ni dicto parerent;3 postremo dat suis signum, ut primos4 fugientium caedant, turbam insequentium ferro et vulneribus in hostem redigant. [4] hic maior timor minorem vicit; ancipiti coacti metu primo constiterunt; deinde et ipsi rediere in pugnam, et Aemilius cum suo praesidioerant autem5 duo milia virorum fortiumeffuse sequenti regi acriter obstitit, [5?] et Attalus, Eumenis frater, ab dextro cornu, quo laevum hostium primo impetu fugatum fuerat, ut ab6 sinistro fugam suorum et tumultum circa castra vidit, in tempore cum ducentis equitibus advenit. [6] Antiochus postquam et eos, quorum terga modo viderat, repetentes pugnam et aliam et a castris et ex acie adfluentem turbam conspexit, in fugam vertit equum. [7] ita utroque cornu victores Romani per acervos corporum, quos in media maxime acie cumulaverant, ubi et robur fortissimorum virorum et arma gravitate fugam impedierant, pergunt ad castra diripienda. [8] equites primi omnium Eumenis, deinde et alius equitatus toto passim campo sequuntur hostem et postremos, ut quosque adepti sunt, caedunt. [9] ceterum fugientibus maior pestis, intermixtis quadrigis elephantisque et camelis, erat sua7 ipsorum8 turba, cum solutis ordinibus velut caeci super alios alii ruerent et [p. 418] incursu9 beluarum obtererentur. [10] in castris quoque10 ingens et maior prope quam in acie caedes est edita; nam et primorum fuga in castra maxime inclinavit,11 et huius fiducia multitudinis, qui12 in praesidio erant, pertinacius pro vallo pugnarunt. [11] retenti in portis valloque, quae se impetu ipso capturos crediderant, Romani, postquam tandem perruperunt, ab ira graviorem ediderunt caedem.

1 is edd. vett.: om. Bς.

2 omni edd. vett.: omnium Bς.

3 A.U.C. 564

4 primos ς: rimimo B.

5 auterm ς: om. B.

6 ut ab ed. frobeniana 1535: ab Bς.

7 sua heusinger: et sua Bς.

8 ipsorum ς: ipsius B.

9 ruerent et incursu ed. frobeniana 1535: ruerunt incursu B: ruerent incursu et ruerent et cursu et ruentes incursu ς.

10 A.U.C. 564

11 inclinauit ς: declinauit B.

12 qui ς: quae B.

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