ucius AEmilius, Publius Valerius a fourth time,
Caius Veturius, Servius Sulpicius, Lucius and Caius Quinctius
Cincinnatus. By the same influence they succeeded in raising three
armies against the Latins and Volscians, who with combined forces were
encamped at Satricum, all the juniors being bound by the military oath
without any opposition; one army for the protection of the city; the
other to be sent for the sudden emergencies of war, if any disturbance
should arise elsewhere. The third, and by far the most powerful, Publius
Valerius and Lucius AEmilius led to Satricum. Where when they found the
enemy's line of battle drawn up on level ground, they immediately
engaged; and before the victory was sufficiently declared, the battle,
which held out fair hopes of success, was put a stop to by rain
accompanied by a violent storm of wind. On the following day the battle
was renewed; and for a considerable time the Latin troops particularly,
who had learned the Roman discipline during the long confederacy, stood
their ground with equal bravery and success. A charge of cavalry broke
their ranks; when thus confused, the infantry advanced upon them; and as
much as the Roman line advanced, so much were the enemy dislodged from
their ground; and when once the battle gave way, the Roman prowess
became irresistible. When the enemy being routed made for Satricum,
which was two miles distant, not for their camp, they were cut down
chiefly by the cavalry; their camp was taken and plundered. The night
succeeding the battle, they betake themselves to Antium in a march
resembling a flight; and though the Roman army followed them almost in
their steps, fear however possessed more swiftness than anger. Wherefore
the enemy entered the walls before the Roman could annoy or impede their
rear. After that several days were spent in laying waste the country, as
the Romans were neither supplied with military engines to attack walls,
nor the others to hazard the chance of a battle.

33. At this time a dissension arose between the Antians and the Latins;
when the Antians, overcome by misfortunes and reduced by a war, in which
they had both been born and had grown old, began to think of a
surrender; whilst their recent revolt after a long peace, their spirits
being still fresh, rendered the Latins more determined to persevere in
the war. There was an end to the contest, when it became evident to both
parties that neither would stand in the way of the o