The enemy have surrounded you, not brought hither in flight, nor left behind through cowardice.

By valour you seized this ground; by valour you must make your way from it.

By coming hither you have saved a valuable army of the Roman people; by forcing your way hence, save yourselves.

You have proved yourselves worthy, though few in number, of affording aid to multitudes, whilst you yourselves stand in need of aid from no one.

You have to do with that enemy, who on yesterday, through their supineness, availed themselves not of the fortunate opportunity of destroying our whole army, who did not see this hill so advantageously situate hanging over their heads, until it was seized on by us; who with so many thousand men did not prevent us so few from the ascent, and did not surround us with a rampart when in possession of the ground, though so much of the day still remained.