procerae stabant, Celtarum signa, cohortes, prima acies; hos impulsu cuneoque feroci laxat vis subita; et fessos errore viarum nec soli faciles longique laboris anhelos avertit patrius genti pavor.
In the front line under their standards the Gauls were stationed, men of great stature. Their ranks were broken by a sudden and violent attack in wedgelike formation; tired out by their straggling march, breathless after prolonged exertion, and distressed by the heat, they turned and fled with the unsteadiness characteristic of their nation.
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