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8. Scipionem, velut iam debellato, quod ad Syphacem Carthaginiensesque attineret, Uticae oppugnandae intentum, iamque machinas admoventem muris avertit fama redintegrati belli; [2] modicisque praesidiis ad speciem modo obsidionis terra marique relictis ipse cum robore exercitus ire ad hostes pergit. [3] primo in tumulo quattuor milia ferme distante ab castris regiis consedit; postero die cum equitatu in Magnosita vocantcampos subiectos ei tumulo degressus succedendo ad stationes hostium lacessendoque levibus proeliis diem absumpsit. [4] et per insequens [p. 541] biduum tumultuosis hinc atque illinc excursionibus in vicem nihil dictu satis dignum fecerunt; [5] quarto die in aciem utrimque descensum est. Romanus principes post hastatorum prima signa, in subsidiis triarios constituit; equitatum Italicum ab dextro cornu, ab laevo Numidas Masinissamque opposuit. [6] Syphax Hasdrubalque Numidis adversus Italicum equitatum, Carthaginiensibus contra Masinissam locatis Celtiberos in mediam aciem adversus signa legionum accepere. [7] ita instructi concurrunt. primo impetu simul utraque cornua, et Numidae et Carthaginienses, pulsi; nam neque Numidae, maxima pars agrestes, Romanum equitatum neque Carthaginienses, et ipse novus miles, Masinissam recenti super cetera victoria terribilem sustinuere. nudata utrimque cornibus Celtiberum acies stabat, [8] quod nec in fuga salus ulla ostendebatur locis ignotis, neque spes veniae ab Scipione erat, quem bene meritum de se et gente sua mercennariis armis oppugnatum in Africam venissent. [9] igitur circumfusis undique hostibus alii super alios cadentes obstinate moriebantur; omnibusque in eos versis aliquantum ad fugam temporis Syphax et Hasdrubal praeceperunt. fatigatos caede diutius quam pugna victores nox oppressit.

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    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32, commentary, 32.24
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 33-34, commentary, 33.10
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    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Magni Campi
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Aciei
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Vtica.
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Campi
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Carthaginienses
    • A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), INTERCESSIO
    • A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), LUDI
    • Smith's Bio, Hasdrubal
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