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When Marics

was reproached for not giving battle to the Cimbrian and Tentons, who were overrunning the country--"We have to fight," said he, "not for trophies, but for existence; we will not give battle till victory is secure."When the battle did take place, the Teutonic host was annihilated, and Italy was saved.

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