Adapted from Livy Orberg tells the story of the battle of the Horatii and Curatii. It’s down to the final two and he tells us:
Prius igitur quam alter — nec procul aberat — consequi posset, et alterum Curiatium conficit. Iamque singuli supererant, sed nec spe nec viribus pares. Alterum intactum ferro corpus et geminata victoria ferocem in certamen tertium dabat; alter, fessum vulnere fessum cursu corpus trahens victusque fratrum ante se strage, victori obicitur hosti.
I’m interested in the final clause - from alter, fessum…
'…This seems to be saying ‘the other (i.e. the Curatii) dragging his body tired from wounds and from the chase…’ then I get a bit confused at victusque - it’s a conjunction : ‘and the defeat of the brothers fallen before him, opposed the victorious enemy’.
Why is strage in ablative singular case? Is it an ablative of manner / description?