sed cōnfectō proeliō , tum vērō cernerēs quanta audācia quantaque animī vīs fuisset in exercitū Catilīnae . 2 nam ferē quem quisque vīvos pugnandō locum cēperat , eum āmissā animā corpore tegēbat . 3 paucī autem , quōs mediōs cohors praetōria disiēcerat , paulō dīvorsius , sed omnēs tamen advorsīs volneribus conciderant . 4 Catilīna vērō longē ā suīs inter hostium cadāvera repertus est , paululum etiam spīrāns ferōciamque animī quam habuerat vīvos in voltū retinēns . 5 postrēmō ex omnī cōpiā neque in proeliō neque in fugā quisquam cīvis ingenuos captus est : 6 ita cūnctī suae hostiumque vītae iuxtā pepercerant .

7 neque tamen exercitus populī Rōmānī laetam aut incruentam victōriam adeptus erat ; nam strēnuissumus quisque aut occiderat in proeliō aut graviter volnerātus discesserat . 8 multī autem , quī ē castrīs vīsundī aut spoliandī grātiā prōcesserant , volventēs hostīlia cadāvera , amīcum aliī , pars hospitem aut cognātum reperiēbant ; fuēre item quī inimīcōs suōs cognōscerent . 9 ita variē per omnem exercitum laetitia , maeror , lūctus , atque gaudia agitābantur .

When the battle was over , it was plainly seen what boldness , and what energy of spirit , had prevailed throughout the army of Catiline ; for , almost every where , every soldier , after yielding up his breath , covered with his corpse the spot which he had occupied when alive . A few , indeed , whom the prætorian cohort had dispersed , had fallen somewhat differently , but all with wounds in front . Catiline himself was found , far in advance of his men , among the dead bodies of the enemy ; he was not quite breathless , and still expressed in his countenance the fierceness of spirit which he had shown during his life . Of his whole army , neither in the battle , nor in flight , was any free-born citizen made prisoner , for they had spared their own lives no more than those of the enemy .
Nor did the army of the Roman people obtain a joyful or bloodless victory ; for all their bravest men were either killed in the battle , or left the field severely wounded .

Of many who went from the camp to view the ground , or plunder the slain , some , in turning over the bodies of the enemy , discovered a friend , others an acquaintance , others a relative ; some , too , recognized their enemies . Thus , gladness and sorrow , grief and joy , were variously felt throughout the whole army .

But when the battle was over you were indeed able to see how great must have
been the boldness and how great in Catiline’s army the strength of spirit must have been .
[ 2 ] For nearly each one that let his soul slip away was covering with his body that place
which , when fighting , he occupied alive . [ 3 ] A few in the center , on the other hand ,
whom the praetorian cohort had scattered , were a little apart , but all the same were killed
by wounds in the front . [ 4 ] Indeed Catiline was found far out from them among the

bodies of the enemy , still breathing a little , and in his face holding the ferocity of mind
which he had in life . [ 5 ] Finally out of the whole army , neither in battle nor in flight was
63 This whole paragraph suggest that Sallust may have visited the battle field as he his quite certain what
one was able to see .
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anyone of the free-born cityizens captured , [ 6 ] in such a way , on the whole they had
spared their own lives and those of the enemy just the same . [ 7 ] Still neither had the
army of the Roman people obtained a happy or bloodless victory , for each one of the
most vigorous had fallen in battle or had come away severely wounded . [ 8 ] Many ,
however , who had come out from the camp for reason to see or to pilliage , turing over the
bodies of the enemies found a friend , part of the others , a guest or a relative ; some would
also have recognized those who were their personal enemies . [ 9 ] In this manner ,
everyone throughout the whole army was variously affected with rejoicing and mourning ,
with sorrow and happiness .