Strenuus ille quoque flos ordinis equestris, cuius mira virtute Fabius Maximus Rullianus magister equitum, bello quod adversus Samnites gerebatur, male commissi proelii crimine levatus est: namque Papirio Cursore propter auspicia repetenda in urbem proficiscente, castris praepositus ac vetitus in aciem exercitum ducere, nihilo minus manus cum hoste, sed tam <in>feliciter quam temere, conseruit; procul enim dubio superabatur.
Well done too that flower of the equestrian order through whose extraordinary valour Master of Horse Fabius Maximus Rullianus in war against the Samnites escaped the reproach of battle badly joined. When Papirius Cursor left for the city to seek new auspices, Fabius was put in command and forbidden to lead the army into battle. None the less he engaged the enemy, but no less unsuccessfully than rashly; beyond a doubt he was getting the worst of it.
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