They had no difficulty at all in routing the Carthaginian mob, who threw away all their equipment and ran without waiting for the charge. Pushing and trampling on each other, more were killed by their own side than by the enemy.
Edition :
Herodian. History of the Empire, Volume I: Books 1-4. Translated by C. R. Whittaker. Loeb Classical Library 454. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1969.
Herodian. History of the Empire, Volume II: Books 5-8. Translated by C. R. Whittaker. Loeb Classical Library 455. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1970.
Remark :
victim: The inadequacy in terms of experience and equipment of the Carthaginians compared to the troops of Capellianus is further described in the previous lines. (7.9.3-5)
