Ea res, sicut pleraque belli, vana et inanis barbaros ad deditionem traxit; quippe occupati metu, paucitatem eorum qui  a tergo erant aestimare non poterant.
This, like many other things in war, although vain and empty, moved the barbarians to surrender; for seized with fear, they were unable to estimate rightly the small number of those who were  in their rear.
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