LXI. 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 praetorian 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. NOTES. [1] I. Desire to excel other animals--_Sese student praestare caeteris animalibus._ The pronoun, which is usually omitted, is, says Cortius, not without its force; for it is equivalent to _ut ipsi_: student _ut ipsi praestent_. In support of his opinion he quotes, with other passages, Plaut. Asinar. i. 3, 31: Vult placere sese amicae, i.e. vult _ut ipse amicae placeat_; and Coelius Antipater apud Festum in "Topper," Ita uti sese quisque vobis studeat aemulari, i.e. _studeat ut ipse aemuletur._ This explanation is approved by Bernouf. Cortius might have added Cat. 7: _sese_ quisque hostem _ferire --properabat._ "Student," Cortius interprets by "cupiunt." [2] To the utmost of their power--_Summâ ope_, with their utmost ability. "A Sallustian mode of expression. Cicero would have said _summâ operâ, summo studio, summâ contentione._ Ennius has '_Summa nituntur opum vi_.'" Colerus.