Oh no, I 'dropped' our standard in the middle of the enemy formation. I guess now we have to go get it. Oh noooooooo.

>The Romans not being able to make a breach in the phalanx, one Salius, a commander of the Pelignians [**acting as Roman auxiliary troops**], snatched the ensign of his company and threw it amongst the enemies; on seeing which, the Pelignians (as amongst the Italians it is always thought the greatest breach of honour to abandon a standard) rushed with great violence towards the place, where the conflict grew very fierce and the slaughter terrible on both sides. ________________________________ **Source:** Plutarch, John Dryden, and Arthur Hugh Clough. "Aemilius Paulus." *Plutarch's Lives*. New York: Modern Library, 2001. 369. Print. ________________________________ **Further Reading:** [Paeligni](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paeligni)