When the consul perceived this, he retorted the terror previously occasioned to his men, and drawing up his troops in order of battle, he now in his turn provokes the enemy to fight.

When they, from a feeling of the absence of their forces, declined battle, the courage of the Romans immediately increased, and they considered as vanquished those who stood panic-stricken within their rampart.

After having stood for the entire day prepared for the contest, they retired at night.

And the Romans, now full of hope, set about refreshing themselves.

The enemy, in by no means equal spirits, being now in trepidation, despatch messengers in every direction to call back the plundering parties.