Namque in eo victoria fidentem summum ducem Agesilaum fugatis iam ab eo conducticiis catervis coercuit, reliquam phalangem loco vetuit cedere obnixoque genu scuto, proiecta hasta impetum excipere hostium docuit.
On that occasion, though the consummate leader Agesilaus felt sure of victory, since he had already put to flight the throngs of mercenaries, Chabrias checked him, forbade the phalanx, which was left unsupported, to abandon its position, and instructed the soldiers to receive the enemys onset with buckler on knee and lance advanced.
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