At length the AEquans also came forward.

The battle was obstinate on both sides, because both the Romans fought under the influence of resentment and hatred; and a consciousness of danger brought on by misconduct, and despair of obtaining future confidence afterwards, obliged the AEquans to exert and have recourse to the most desperate efforts.

The AEquans however did not withstand the Roman troops, and when on being beaten they had betaken themselves to their own territories, the outrageous multitude, with dispositions not at all more disposed to peace, began to chide their leaders: "that their interest was committed to the hazard of a pitched battle, in which mode of fighting the Romans were superior.

That the AEquans were better fitted for depredations and incursions, and that several parties acting in different directions conducted wars more successfully than the unwieldy mass of one single army." [Footnote 105: _Dederat_.

The _oratio obliqua_ would require _dederit_ here, but such instances of the indicative being used for the subjunctive are by no means infrequent.] 3.