Ab urbe condita

Titus Livius (Livy)

Livy. History of Rome, Volumes 1-2. Roberts, Canon, Rev, translator. London, New York: J. M. Dent and Sons; E. P. Dutton and Co., 1912.

line was formed as well as the time allowed. The noise of the battle-shout rolling across and then the sight of the cloud of dust in the distance