History of Rome
History of Rome
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passing along the glassy waters of Fucinus^ and A.c.211.
under the ancient walls of Alba» and scaring the upland glades and quiet streams of the aboriginal Sabines, with the wild array of his Numidian horse- men ; we cannot with any confidence decide. Yet the agreement of all the stories as to the latter part of his march seems to point out the line of its be- ginning. All accounts say» that^ descending nearly by the old route of the Gauls, he kept the Tiber on his right, and the Anio on his le...ft ; and that, finally, he crossed the Anio, and encamped at a distance of less than four miles from the walls of Rome ^'^ Before the sweeping pursuit of his Numidians, Tenor in crowds of fugitives were seen flying towards theforStudeof city, while the smoke of burning houses arose fer ' ■*" ' and wide into the sky. Within the walls the con-^ fusion and terror were at their height : he was come at last, this Hannibal, whom they had so long dreaded ; he had at length dared what even the slaughter of Cannae had not emboldened him to venture ; some victory greater even than Cannae must have given him this confidence ; the three armies before Capua must be utterly destroyed ; last year he had destroyed or dispersed three other armies, and had gained pos- session of the entire south of Italy ; and now he had 8tonned the lines before Capua, had cut to pieces the whole remaining force of the Roman people, and >78 Polybius, IX.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
passing along the glassy waters of Fucinus^ and A.c.211.
under the ancient walls of Alba» and scaring the upland glades and quiet streams of the aboriginal Sabines, with the wild array of his Numidian horse- men ; we cannot with any confidence decide. Yet the agreement of all the stories as to the latter part of his march seems to point out the line of its be- ginning. All accounts say» that^ descending nearly by the old route of the Gauls, he kept the Tiber on his right, and the Anio on his le...ft ; and that, finally, he crossed the Anio, and encamped at a distance of less than four miles from the walls of Rome ^'^ Before the sweeping pursuit of his Numidians, Tenor in crowds of fugitives were seen flying towards theforStudeof city, while the smoke of burning houses arose fer ' ■*" ' and wide into the sky. Within the walls the con-^ fusion and terror were at their height : he was come at last, this Hannibal, whom they had so long dreaded ; he had at length dared what even the slaughter of Cannae had not emboldened him to venture ; some victory greater even than Cannae must have given him this confidence ; the three armies before Capua must be utterly destroyed ; last year he had destroyed or dispersed three other armies, and had gained pos- session of the entire south of Italy ; and now he had 8tonned the lines before Capua, had cut to pieces the whole remaining force of the Roman people, and >78 Polybius, IX.
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