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Appian, Hannibalic War (ed. Horace White), CHAPTER IX (search)
Appian, Punic Wars (ed. Horace White), CHAPTER III (search)
Appian, Macedonian Affairs (ed. Horace White), Fragments (search)
Scipio Plans To Attack the Punic Camp
While the Consuls were thus engaged,Caepio was commanding in Bruttium,
Servilius in Etruria and Liguria. Livy, 30, 1. Scipio in Libya
learnt during the winter that the Carthaginians were fitting
out a fleet; he therefore devoted himself to
similar preparations as well as to pressing on
the siege of Utica. B. C. 203. Cn. Servilius Caepio, C. Servilius Geminus Coss. Livy, 30, 1. He did not, however, give
up all hopes of Syphax; but as their forces
were not far apart he kept sending messages to
him, convinced that he would be able to detach him from the
Carthaginians. He still cherished the belief that Syphax was
getting tired of the girlSophanisba, the daughter of Hasdrubal son of Gesco. Livy, 29, 23; 30,
12, 15. for whose sake he had joined the
Carthaginians, and of his alliance with the Punic people
generally; for the Numidians, he knew, were naturally quick
to feel satiety, and constant neither to gods nor men. Scipio's
mind, however, was distr
Scipio Prepares to Attack Utica by Sea
By the beginning of spring Scipio had completed the
Spring of B. C. 203.
reconnaissances necessary for this attempt upon
the enemy; and he began launching his ships,
and getting the engines on them into working
order, as though with the purpose of assaulting Utica by sea.
With his land forces he once more occupied the high ground
overlooking the town, and carefully fortified it and secured it
by trenches. He wished the enemy to believe that he was
doing this for the sake of carrying on the siege; but he really
meant it as a cover for his men, who were to be engaged in the
undertaking described above, to prevent the garrison sallying
out, when the legions were separated from their lines,
assaulting the palisade which was so near to them, and attacking the division left in charge of it. Whilst in the midst of
these preparations, he sent to Syphax inquiring whether, "in
case he agreed to his proposals, the Carthaginians would
assent, and not say ag
Speech of Roman Envoys At Carthage
THE Carthaginians having seized the transports as prizes
Some transports under Cn. Octavius wrecked in the Bay of Carthage, and taken
possession of by the Carthaginians in spite of the truce. Autumn of B.C. 203. See Livy, 30, 24.
of war, and with them an extraordinary quantity
of provisions, Scipio was extremely enraged,
not so much at the loss of the provisions, as by
the fact that the enemy had thereby obtained
vast supply of necessaries; and still more at
ll this, the general and the officers
then present in the council were at a loss to understand what
had encouraged them to forget what they then said, and to
venture to break their sworn articles of agreement. Hannibal leaves Italy, 23d June, B.C. 203. Plainly it
was this—they trusted in Hannibal and the
forces that had arrived with him. But they
were very ill advised. All the world knew
that he and his army had been driven these two years past
from every port of Italy, and had retreated into t
Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, Book 24 (ed. Frank Gardener Moore, Professor Emeritus in Columbia University), chapter 48 (search)
Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, Book 30 (ed. Frank Gardener Moore, Professor Emeritus in Columbia University), chapter 29 (search)