Hardly had he finished speaking when the men who stood round him in arms upon a signal given clashed their swords against their bucklers, and at the same time the authors of the mutiny were brought in bound and naked.
The multitude of mutineers were so thoroughly cowed by fear of the surrounding force and the terror that looked them in the face, that while some of their leaders were being scourged and others beheaded none of them either changed his countenance or uttered a word, but all remained dumbfounded, smitten with astonishment and dread.
After the authors of the evil had thus been put to death with contumely, their bodies were dragged through the troops, and the rest of the mutineers received founder the general and other officers a common assurance that no one would remember their pas faults.
Advancing singly, they took their oath to the tribunes that they would obey the orders of their officers and be guilty of no disloyalty to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>.
Scipio then by successfully nipping in the bud what might have proved a great danger restored his forces to their original discipline.
Walbank Commentary