Et iam curriculo nigram nox roscida metam stringebat, nec se thalamis Tithonia coniux protulerat stabatque nitens in limine primo, cum minus abnuerit noctem desisse viator quam coepisse diem: consul carpebat iniquas, praegrediens signa ipsa, vias, omnisque ruebat mixtus eques; nec discretis levia arma maniplis insertique globo pedites et inutile Marti lixarum vulgus praesago cuncta tumultu implere et pugnam fugientum more petebant.
And now the chariot of dewy night was close to its dusky goal, and the spouse of Tithonus,b not yet emerged from her marriage-chamber, stood shining on the threshold'a time when the wayfarer is less sure that day has begun than that night is ended. The Roman generalc was marching over the uneven ground, ahead even of his standards; all his cavalry hastened in confusion after him; the skirmishers were not arrayed in separate companies; the footmen were mixed up with the body of cavalry; and the unwarlike rabble of camp-followers filled the air with ominous uproar, and went into battle like fugitives.
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