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Tiberius Sempronius Plans to Attack
Excited and overjoyed at this success Tiberius was
Sempronius resolves to give battle.
all eagerness for a general engagement. Now, it was in his
power to administer the war for the present as he chose,
owing to tTiberius was
Sempronius resolves to give battle.
all eagerness for a general engagement. Now, it was in his
power to administer the war for the present as he chose,
owing to the ill-health of Publius Scipio;
yet wishing to have his colleague's opinion
in support of his own, he consulted him on
this subject. Publius however took quite an opposite view
of the situation. He thought his legions would be all the
better for a w from his wound, he hoped to
be able to do good service to his country himself. With these
arguments he tried to dissuade Tiberius from his design. The
latter felt that every one of these arguments were true and
sound; but, urged on by ambition and a ign
country, and attempts what looks like a desperate undertaking,
the one chance for him is to keep the hopes of his allies alive
by continually striking some fresh blow.
Such were Hannibal's feelings when he knew of the
intended attack of Tiberius.
Preparations for Battle
As soon as Tiberius saw the Numidian horse approaching, he immediately sent out his cavalry by itself
Battle of the Trebia, December B.C. 218.
with orders to engage the enemy, and keep them
in play, while he despatched after them six
thousand foot armed with javelins, and got the
rest of the army in motion, with the idea that their appearance
would decide the affair: for his superiority in numbers, and
his success in the cavalry skirmish of the day before, had filled
him with confidence. But it was now mid-winter and the day
was snowy and excessively cold, and men and horses were
marching out almost entirely without having tasted food; and
accordingly, though the troops were at first in high spirits, yet
when they had crossed the Trebia, swollen by the floods which
the rain of the previous night had brought down from the high
ground above the camp, wading breast deep through the
stream, they were in a wretched state from the cold and want
of food as the day wo
Better Success in Spain
Fully aware of the nature of his disaster, but wishing
to conceal its extent as well as he could from the people at
home, Tiberius sent messengers to announce that a battle had
taken place, but that the storm had deprived them of the
victory. For the moment this news was believed at Rome;
but when soon afterwards it became known that the Carthaginians were in possession of the Roman camp, and that all the
Celts had joined them: while their own troops had abandoned
their camp, and, after retiring from the field of battle, were all
collected in the neighbouring cities; and were besides being
supplied with necessary provisions by sea up the Padus, the
Roman people became only too certain of what had really
happened in the battle. Winter of B.C. 218-217. Great exertions at Rome to meet the danger. It was
a most unexpected reverse, and it forced them at once
to urge on with energy the remaining preparations for the war. They reinforced those
positions which lay in t