Quocirca Theodosius veritus, ne Marti sese committeret impari, congressusque multitudini immensae cum paucis'tria enim arma-torum milia ductabat atque quingentos'amitteret universos, inter pudorem cedendi, pugnandique ardorem, gradiens retro paulatim, trudente pondere plebis abscessit.
Therefore Theodosius, fearing lest he should involve himself in an unequal contest, and if he confronted a vast horde with only a few troops'for he had under his command only 3500 armed men'might lose them all, wavered between the shame of retreat and the desire for battle; but at last he gradually withdrew and made off, with the horde pressing at his heels.
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