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4. inter haec vis omnis belli versa in Capuam erat; obsidebatur tamen acrius quam oppugnabatur; nec aut famem tolerare servitia ac plebs poterant aut mittere nuntios ad Hannibalem per custodias tam artas. [2] inventus est Numida, qui acceptis litteris evasurum se professus praestaret promissum. per media Romana castra nocte egressus spem accendit Campanis, dum aliquid virium superesset, ab omni parte eruptionem temptandi. [3] ceterum in multis certaminibus equestria proelia ferme prospera faciebant, pedite superabantur. sed nequaquam tam laetum vincere quam triste vinci ulla parte erat ab obsesso et prope expugnato hoste. [4] inita tandem ratio est, ut quod viribus deerat arte aequaretur. ex omnibus legionibus electi sunt iuvenes maxime vigore ac levitate corporum veloces; eis parmae breviores quam equestres et septena iacula quaternos longa pedes data praefixa ferro, quale hastis velitaribus inest. [5] eos singulos in equos suos accipientes equites adsuefecerunt et vehi post sese et desilire perniciter, ubi datum signum esset. [6] id postquam adsuetudine [p. 296] cotidiana satis intrepide fieri visum est, in campum, qui medius inter castra murumque erat, adversus instructos Campanorum equites processerunt, [7] et, ubi ad coniectum teli ventum est, signo dato velites desiliunt. pedestris inde acies ex equitatu repente in hostium equites incurrit, iaculaque cum impetu alia super alia emittunt. [8] quibus plurimis in equos virosque passim coniectis permultos volneraverunt, pavoris tamen plus ex re nova atque inopinata iniectum est, et in perculsum hostem equites invecti fugam stragemque eorum usque ad portas fecerunt. [9] inde equitatu quoque superior Romana res fuit. institutum, ut velites in legionibus essent. [10] auctorem peditum equiti inmiscendorum centurionem Q. Navium ferunt, honorique id ei apud imperatorem fuisse.

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    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32, commentary, 31.30
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, book 45, commentary, 45.22
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    • Charles Simmons, The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books XIII and XIV, 13.963
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