According to Livy, as the army marched near Capua, it was given to the two consuls in mutual dreams that the army whose general pledged himself and his foemen's host to the Dii Manes and Earth would be victorious. Upon confirmation from the haruspices, the two divulged a plan to their senior officers and their army that they may not lose heart, for they intended that whosoever's wing should falter first should so pledge his life to the gods of the underworld and the Earth.