Crederes imperatum ut acies utraeque tela cohiberent; protinus certe recesserunt dato libero spatio, intenti in eventum non ducum modo, sed etiam suae  sortis, quippe alienum discrimen secuturi.
You would believe that the order had been given for both armies to cease fighting; certain it is that they at once drew back and left a free space, intent upon the fate, not only of the leaders, but their own also, since they were bound to share the outcome of  anothers fight.
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