tum turbine nigro sanguinis exundat torrens; nullumque sub una cuspide procumbit corpus, dum vulnera tergo bellator timet Ausonius, per pectora saevas exceptat mortes et leto dedecus arcet.
Then torrents of blood flowed in a dark stream over the plain; and not a man who fell was pierced by one spear only. The Romans, fearing to be wounded in the back,b welcomed the fatal stroke to their breasts, and by death avoided dishonour.
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