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Antonius per Flaminiam ad Saxa rubra (per Flaminiam ad Saxa rubra: Via Flaminia went straight north from Rome to Fano on the Adriatic coast, then joined at Rimini the Via Aemilia going NW to Piacenza. Saxa Rubra was about 6 miles or 10 km. north of Rome on the Flaminian Way.) multo iam noctis (multo iam noctis serum auxilium venit: ‘he arrived late at night, [too] late to be of help’; the date was Dec. 19, the same day the Capitol burned to the ground. multo iam noctis: same as multa nocte, lit. ‘with much of the night already spent’) serum auxilium venit. illic interfectum Sabinum, conflagrasse Capitolium, tremere urbem, (tremere urbem: ‘that Rome was trembling’) maesta omnia accepit; plebem quoque et servitia pro Vitellio armari nuntiabatur. et Petilio Ceriali equestre proelium adversum fuerat; namque incautum et tamquam ad victos ruentem Vitelliani, interiectus equiti pedes, (Vitelliani, interiectus equiti pedes: interiectus equiti pedes is apposition to Vitelliani: ‘the Vitellians, foot soldiery inserted to cavalry’) excepere. pugnatum haud procul urbe (procul urbe: procul is adverb, but it is often found used as preposition with ablative (without ab in later Latin).) inter aedificia hortosque et anfractus viarum, quae gnara Vitellianis, incomperta hostibus metum fecerant. neque omnis eques concors, adiunctis quibusdam, (adiunctis quibusdam qui …: abl. abs. with dependent rel. clause: ‘some new men having been added [to the force], who …’) qui nuper apud Narniam dediti fortunam partium speculabantur. capitur praefectus alae Iulius Flavianus; ceteri foeda fuga consternantur, non ultra Fidenas (Fidenas: modern Castel Giubileo, 5 miles or 8 km north of Rome) secutis victoribus.