illa vero etiam Appio duci, cuius pater, dum pro senatus amplitudine nititur, commoda plebis acerrime impugnaverat, infensum exercitum faciendo voluntaria fuga terga hosti, ne triumphum imperatori quaereret, dare coegit, quotiens victoriae victrix! congratulationem eius in Torquato spernendam, in Fabio pulcherrimam partem omittendam, in Appio totam fugae postponendam reddidit.
Anger too made an army hostile to its commander Appius, whose father in championing the prestige of the senate had energetically assailed the interests of the plebs. Not wishing to earn a triumph for their general, they turned their backs in voluntary flight. How often has anger been victorious over victory! It made congratulation worthless in the case of Torquatus, caused omission of its fairest part in that of Fabius, and in that of Appius let it be totally sacrificed to rout.
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