25 diremisset = had broken off. dirimo (dis + emo) = take apart.
The Battle of Mt. Gaurus. The battle was fought on the volcanic range of mountains between Cumae and Neapolis. The Consul in command, M. Valerius, obtained the surname of Corvus (Raven), because when serving as a military Tribune under Camillus in 349 B.C., he defeated the Gallic champion by the aid of a raven. See next page, A. l. 4.
THE LATIN WAR, 340-338 B.C. (1)
Self-Sacrifice of Decius Mus, 340 B.C.
[A.] Rome’s Empire safe in the keeping of Augustus.
Curtius expletis statuit monimenta lacunis;
At Decius misso proelia rupit equo;
Coclitis abscissos testatur semita pontes:
Est cui cognomen corvus habere dedit.