maris, quī X legiōnis aquilam ferēbat, contestātus deōs ut ea rēs legiōnī
feliciter ēvenīret, ‘Dēsilite,’ inquit, ‘militēs, nisi vultis aquilam hostibus
prōdere; ego certē meum rēī pūblicae atque imperātōrī officium praestiterō.’
ferre coepit. 5. Tum nostrī cohortātī inter sē, nē tantum dēdecus
admitterētur, universī ex nāvī dēsiluērunt. 6. Hōs item ex proximīs primī
nāvibus cum conspēxissent, subsecutī hostibus appropinquāverunt.
servāre neque firmiter insistere neque signa subsequī poterant atque alius
aliā ex nāvī quibuscumque signīs occurrerat sē aggregābat, magnopere
perturbābantur; 2. hostēs vērō, nōtīs omnibus vadīs, ubi ex lītore aliquōs
singulārēs ex nāvī ēgredientēs conspēxerant, incitātīs equīs impedītōs
adoriēbantur, 3. plūrēs paucōs circumsistēbant, aliī ab latere apertō in
universōs tēla coniciēbant.
speculātōria navigia mīlitibus complērī iussit et, quōs laborantēs conspēxerat,
hīs subsidia submittēbat. 5. Nostrī, simul in āridō constitērunt, suīs omnibus
consecūtīs, in hostēs impetum fecērunt atque eōs in fūgam dedērunt; neque
longius prosequī potuērunt, quod equitēs cursum tenēre atque insulam capere