Much room
could not be found in this disorderly battle for the talents
of a general; but the king fled before the hero, and the
Vandals, accustomed only to a Moorish enemy, were incapable
of withstanding the arms and the discipline of the
Romans....
"As soon as the tumult had subsided, the several parts of
the army informed each other of the accidents of the day,
and Belisarius pitched his camp on the field of victory, to
which the tenth milestone from Carthage had applied the
Latin appellation of _Decimus_. From a wise suspicion of the
stratagems and resources of the Vandals, he marched the next
day in the order of battle; halted in the evening before the
gates of Carthage, and allowed a night of repose, that he
might not, in darkness and disorder, expose the city to the
licence of the soldiers, or the soldiers themselves to the
secret ambush of the city. But as the fears of Belisarius
were the result of calm and intrepid reason, he was soon
satisfied that he might confide without danger in the
peaceful and friendly aspect of the capital.
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