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Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb) | 37 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Pausanias, Description of Greece | 10 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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The Roman Forces
The Gaesatae, then, having collected their forces, crossed
B. C. 225. Coss. L. Aemilius Papus. C. Atilius Regulus.
the Alps and descended into the valley of the Padus with a
formidable army, furnished with a variety of
armour, in the eighth year after the distribution
of the lands of Picenum. The Insubres and
Boii remained loyal to the agreement they had
made with them: but the Venĕti and Cenomani being induced
by embassies from Rome to take the Roman side, the Celtic
kings were obliged to leave a portion of their forces behind, to
guard against an invasion of their territory by those tribes.
They themselves, with their main army, consisting of one hundred and fifty thousand foot, and twenty thousand horse and
chariots, struck camp and started on their march, which was
to be through Etruria, in high spirits. As soon as it was
known at Rome that the Celts had crossed the Alps, one of
the Consuls, Lucius Aemilius Papus, was sent with an army to
Ariminum to guard agains
Hannibal Contacts the Celts
Though Hannibal had taken every precaution for the
security of Libya and Iberia, he yet waited for the messengers
whom he expected to arrive from the Celts. He had thoroughly
acquainted himself with the fertility and populousness of the
districts at the foot of the Alps and in the valley of the
Padus, as well as with the warlike courage of the men;
but most important of all, with their hostile feelings to Rome
derived from the previous war, which I described in my last
book, with the express purpose of enabling my readers to
follow my narrative. He therefore reckoned very much on
the chance of their co-operation; and was careful to send
messages to the chiefs of the Celts, whether dwelling actually
on the Alps or on the Italian side of them, with unlimited
promises; because he believed that he would be able to confine the war against Rome to Italy, if he could make his way
through the intervening difficulties to these parts, and avail
himself of the activ