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1、HistoryoftheWars/BookVI1HistoryoftheWars/BookVIIAfterthistheRomansnolongerdaredriskabattlewiththeirwholearmy;buttheyengagedincavalrybattles,makingsuddensalliesinthesamemannerasbefore,andweregenerallyvictoriousoverthebarbarians.Foot-soldiersalsowentoutfromboth
2、sides,not,however,arrayedinaphalanx,butaccompanyingthehorsemen.AndonceBessasinthefirstrushdashedinamongtheenemycarryinghisspearandkilledthreeoftheirbesthorsemenandturnedtheresttoflight.Andanothertime,whenConstantinushadledouttheHunsinthePlainofNerointhelateaf
3、ternoon,andsawthattheywerebeingoverpoweredbythesuperiornumbersoftheiropponents,hetookthefollowingmeasures.Therehasbeeninthatplacefromofoldagreatstadium[141]wherethegladiatorsofthecityusedtofightinformertimes,andthemenofoldbuiltmanyotherbuildingsroundaboutthis
4、stadium;consequentlythereare,asonewouldexpect,narrowpassagesallaboutthisplace.Nowontheoccasioninquestion,sinceConstantinuscouldneitherovercomethethrongoftheGothsnorfleewithoutgreatdanger,hecausedalltheHunstodismountfromtheirhorses,andonfoot,incompanywiththem,
5、tookhisstandinoneofthenarrowpassagesthere.Thenbyshootingfromthatsafepositiontheyslewlargenumbersoftheenemy.AndforsometimetheGothswithstoodtheirmissiles.Fortheyhoped,assoonasthesupplyofmissilesinthequiversoftheHunsshouldbeexhausted,tobeabletosurroundthemwithou
6、tanytrouble,takethemprisoners,andleadthembacktotheircamp.ButsincetheMassagetae,whowerenotonlygoodbowmenbutalsohadadensethrongtoshootinto,hitanenemywithpracticallyeveryshot,theGothsperceivedthatabovehalftheirnumberhadperished,andsincethesunwasabouttoset,theykn
7、ewnotwhattodoandsorushedoffinflight.Thenindeedmanyofthemfell;fortheMassagetaefollowedthemup,andsincetheyknowhowtoshootthebowwiththegreatestaccuracyevenwhenrunningatgreatspeed,theycontinuedtodischargetheirarrowsnolessthanbefore,shootingattheirbacks,andkeptupth
8、eslaughter.AndthusConstantinuswithhisHunscamebacktoRomeatnight.AndwhenPeranius,notmanydayslater,ledsomeoftheRomansthroughtheSalarianGateagainsttheenemy,theGoths,indeed,fledashardastheycou
