Where the army might be, he did not know; he supposed that as he protected himself and his men, by advantage of situation when in danger, in the same way the consul, for the purpose of preserving his army, had selected a more secure place for his camp.

Nor did he think that the affairs of the Volscians were in a better condition than those of the Roman people.
That fortune and the night had occasioned a multitude of mistakes on both sides:" and then when he begged that they would not detain him, fatigued with toil and wounds, he was dismissed with high encomiums, not more on his bravery than his modesty.

While these things were going on, the consul was at the temple of Rest on the road leading to Lavici.
Waggons and other modes of conveyance were sent thither from the city, and took up the army, exhausted by the action and the travelling by night.

Soon after the consul entered the city, not more anxious to remove the blame from himself, than to bestow on Tempanius the praises so well deserved.

Whilst the citizens were still sorrowful in consequence of their ill success, and incensed against their leaders, Marcus Postumius, being arraigned and brought before them, he who had been military tribune with consular power at Veii, is condemned in a fine of ten thousand _asses_ in weight, of brass.