However, whether the Marsi suffered a defeat or merely a minor setback, in either case Scato had to withdraw. We know from another of those informative fragments of Dio that the Romans were the better-supplied of the two armies, and the loss of the Marsic camp and the rations stored within could not have helped Scato’s logistical situation. He withdrew, leaving the field to Marius, who was now temporarily in command of both his own men, that is the former survivors of Perpenna’s defeat, and the present survivors of Rutilius’ defeat. Perhaps because he felt that morale among his men was
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