division shall be made according to districts, families, and
individuals. Whoever takes, in advance, even a vessel or a weapon shall
be regarded as a thief who has robbed his people, and shall be hanged."

The bands had assented, and they loyally kept their word: not a man
turned from the battle, or left the ranks to plunder, or even stooped
to pick up the costly gold and silver articles which the slaves, flying
from Ausonius's tent, had tried to hide, or perhaps steal. The slaves
had soon thrown down these articles that they might not be hampered in
their flight.

Obedient to Hariowald's orders, the Alemanni drove the fugitives from
all directions toward the central street of the camp; so the confused
torrent which, hitherto, had poured through many separate channels
southward, was dammed by this obstacle and checked.

The first men, still running at full speed down the narrow side paths
at the right and left, squeezed past the wide rows of carts, or, if not
too much crowded by their neighbors, climbed over them; but both plans
soon became possible only by the most violent struggles for precedence
on the part of the fugitives, as the hundreds driven here and there by
the Duke's followers rushed upon the closed ranks of the two leaders'
orderly columns. These fugitives pressed forward with the strength of
despair, especially after they perceived, with horror, that throwing
down their weapons and surrendering did not save them from death.

"Woe, they are killing every one! Make way! Let us pass! They are
murdering the prisoners!"

"No!" shouted the Duke to the nearest shrieker, "they are not murdering
the prisoners, for they have none!" and struck him down.

Then the ranks which had remained closed began to waver. Saturninus
succeeded in crowding past the wagons on the right and hastened onward
toward the gate. The scene was brightly lighted by many blazing tents,
into which the victors had flung faggots smeared with pitch and resin.
At the corner of one of the cross streets Saturninus saw two of his
beautiful large dogs, with torn bodies, lying one above the other,
while he heard the others barking furiously, and at intervals the sound
of fierce growling. The next instant he was pushed far forward by the
men crowding behind him. He looked around for Ausonius, who had been
mounted, and saw him on foot trying to climb over the barricade of
wagons. He was making slow progress, and already, close upon this band
of fug