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13. Hannibal ex Hirpinis in Samnium transit, Beneventanum depopulatur agrum, Telesiam urbem capit, inritat etiam de industria ducem Romanum, si forte accensum tot indignitatibus cladibusque sociorum detrahere ad aequum certamen possit. [2] inter multitudinem sociorum Italici generis, qui ad Trasumennum capti ab Hannibale dimissique fuerant, tres Campani equites erant, multis iam tum inlecti donis promissisque Hannibalis ad conciliandos popularium animos. [3] hi nuntiantes si in Campaniam exercitum admovisset, Capuae potiendae copiam fore, cum res maior quam auctores esset, dubium Hannibalem alternisque fidentem ac diffidentem tamen, ut Campaniam ex Samnio peteret, moverunt. [4] monitos etiam atque etiam, ut promissa rebus adfirmarent, iussosque cum pluribus et aliquibus principum redire ad se dimisit. [5] ipse imperat duci, ut [p. 75] se in agrum Casinatem ducat, edoctus a peritis regionum, si eum saltum occupasset, exitum Romano ad opem ferendam sociis interclusurum. [6] sed Punicum abhorrens ab Latinorum nominum pronuntiatione os, Casilinum pro Casino dux ut acciperet, fecit, aversusque ab suo itinere per Allifanum Caiatinumque et Calenum agrum campum Stellatem descendit. [7] ubi cum montibus fluminibusque clausam regionem circumspexisset, uocatum ducem percunctatur, ubi terrarum esset. [8] cum is Casilini eo die mansurum eum dixisset, tum demum cognitus est error, et Casinum longe inde alia regione esse; [9] virgisque caeso duce et ad reliquorum terrorem in crucem sublato, castris communitis, Maharbalem cum equitibus in agrum Falernum praedatum dimisit. usque ad aquas Sinuessanas populatio ea pervenit. [10] ingentem cladem, fugam tamen terroremque latius Numidae fecerunt; [11] nec tamen is terror, cum omnia bello flagrarent, fide socios dimovit, videlicet quia iusto et moderato regebantur imperio nec abnuebant, quod unum vinculum fidei est, melioribus parere.

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    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32, commentary, 31.35
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    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Nomen.
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    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Stellates
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Telesia
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Allifanus
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Aquae calidae
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Beneventanus
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Calatinus
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Calenus ager
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Casinas
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Casini et Casilini
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Casinum
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Falernus
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    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Hirpini
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    • Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), HIRPI´NI
    • Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), SINUESSA
    • Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), STELLA´TIS CAMPUS
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