But, on the arrival of the fresh legion, the assailants assumed new courage, and the enemy fought with redoubled fury in defence of their rampart.

The consul attentively examined every place himself, that he might break in at that quarter where he saw the weakest resistance.

At a gate on the left, he observed that the guard was thin, and thither he led the first-rank men and spearmen of the second legion.

The party posted at the gate were not able to withstand their assault; while the rest, seeing the enemy within the rampart, abandoned the defence of the camp, and threw away their standards and arms.

Great numbers were killed at the gates, being stopped in the narrow passages by the throng of their own men; and the soldiers of the second legion cut off the hindmost, while the rest were plundering the camp.