The Roman Army did not seize the opportunity to counterattack because Cassinius, standing atop a large boulder, clearly saw the enemy's other units forming ranks behind them, so he cautiously maintained their defensive formation.
The soldiers of the Third Battalion retreated to the rear through a deliberate gap left by the other battalions, and the First Battalion immediately moved forward to replace them...
The rebel army employed revolving tactics, fighting the Roman Army until evening. Exhausted, starving, and utterly desperate, the Roman soldiers were finally routed.
In reality, when Cassinius saw nearly ten thousand rebel soldiers appear—half of them fully armed and obeying commands signaled by military horns—he knew that positioning his troops at the river's edge was tantamount to trapping himself. However, his role as the camp commander prevented him from leading a retreat in battle. Fighting to the death seemed to him a form of honor.
