illa volans patuli longe per inania campi ictum perdiderat spatio, ni, fusus habenas, dum primae decus affectat decerpere pugnae, obvia quadrupedis praeceps Catus ora tulisset.
The weapon flew far over the empty space of the spreading plain, and distance would have robbed it of its effect, but for the desire of Catus to reap glory in the first battle.
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