quos ubi confertos audere in proelia vidi, incipio super his: iuvenes, fortissima frustra pectora, si vobis audentem extrema cupido certa sequi, quae sit rebus fortuna videtis.
When I saw them in close ranks and eager for battle, I thereupon begin thus: My men, hearts vainly valiant, if your desire is fixed to follow me in my final venture, you see what is the fate of our cause.