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Polybius, Histories | 132 | 0 | Browse | Search |
M. Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia (ed. Sir Edward Ridley) | 56 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Diodorus Siculus, Library | 34 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Apollodorus, Library and Epitome (ed. Sir James George Frazer) | 28 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation | 18 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Preparations for Battle
Now it was the purpose of the Romans to sail across
Preparations for the Battle of Ecnomus.
to Libya and transfer the war there, in order
that the Carthaginians might find the danger
affecting themselves and their own country
rather than Sicily. But the Carthaginians were determined to
prevent this. They knew that Libya was easily invaded, and
that the invaders if they once effected a landing would meet
with little resistance from the inhabitants; and they therefore
madLibya was easily invaded, and
that the invaders if they once effected a landing would meet
with little resistance from the inhabitants; and they therefore
made up their minds not to allow it, and were eager rather to
bring the matter to a decisive issue by a battle at sea. The
one side was determined to cross, the other to prevent their
crossing; and their enthusiastic rivalry gave promise of a
desperate struggle. The preparations of the Romans were
made to suit either contingency, an engagement at sea or a
disembarkation on the enemy's soil. Accordingly they picked
out the best hands from the land army and divided the whole
force which they meant t
The Siege of Aspis
After the battle the Romans took in a fresh supply of
victual, repaired and refitted the ships they had captured,
bestowed upon the crews the attention which they had
deserved by their victory, and then put to sea with a view
of continuing their voyage to Libya. Their leading ships made
the shore just under the headland called the Hermaeum, which
is the extreme point on the east of the Gulf of Carthage, and
runs out into the open sea in the direction of Sicily. Siege of Aspis. (Clupea.) There
they waited for the rest of the ships to come up, and having
got the entire fleet together coasted along until
they came to the city called Aspis. Here they
disembarked, beached their ships, dug a trench,
and constructed a stockade round them; and on the inhabitants of the city refusing to submit without compulsion,
they set to work to besiege the town. Presently those of the
Carthaginians who had survived the sea-fight came to land
also; and feeling sure that the enemy, in th