Urbs, in the same neighborhood, was a royal chase of the kings of Lombardy, and a small river, which excused the prediction, "penetrabis ad urbem," (Cluver.Ital.Antiq tom.i.

p.
83-85.)] [Footnote 45: Orosius wishes, in doubtful words, to insinuate the defeat of the Romans.

"Pugnantes vicimus, victores victi sumus." Prosper (in Chron.) makes it an equal and bloody battle, but the Gothic writers Cassiodorus (in Chron.) and Jornandes (de Reb.Get.c.

29) claim a decisive victory.] [Footnote 46: Demens Ausonidum gemmata monilia matrum, Romanasque alta famulas cervice petebat.

De Bell.Get.