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4. Hannibal quod agri est inter Cortonam urbem Trasumennumque1 lacum omni clade belli pervastat, quo magis iram hosti ad vindicandas sociorum iniurias acuat. [2] et iam pervenerat2 ad loca nata insidiis, ubi maxime montes Cortonenses Trasumennus subit. Via tantum interest perangusta, velut ad id3 ipsum de industria relicto spatio; deinde paulo latior patescit campus; inde colles insurgunt.4 [3] ibi castra in aperto locat, ubi ipse cum Afris modo Hispanisque consideret; Baliares ceteramque levem armaturam post montes circumducit; equites ad ipsas fauces saltus tumulis apte tegentibus locat, ut ubi intrassent Romani obiecto equitatu clausa omnia lacu ac montibus essent. [4] Flaminius cum pridie solis occasu ad lacum pervenisset, inexplorato postero die vixdum satis certa [p. 214] luce angustiis superatis, postquam in patentiorem5 campum pandi agmen coepit, id tantum hostium quod ex adverso erat conspexit; ab tergo ac super caput non detectae6 insidiae. [5] Poenus ubi, id quod petierat, clausum lacu ac montibus et circumfusum suis copiis habuit hostem, signum omnibus dat simul invadendi. [6] qui ubi qua cuique7 proximum fuit decucurrerunt, eo magis Romanis subita atque improvisa res fuit, quod orta ex lacu nebula campo quam montibus densior sederat agminaque hostium ex pluribus collibus8 ipsa inter se satis conspecta eoque magis pariter decucurrerant. [7] Romanus clamore prius undique orto quam satis cerneret, se circumventum esse sensit, et ante in frontem lateraque pugnari coeptum est quam satis instrueretur acies aut expediri arma stringique gladii possent.

1 here and elsewhere the word is printed with the spellinq approved by Ritschl, Rhein. mus. 22 (1867) 603: the MSS. display various corruptions.

2 pervener t Stroth: peruenerant P.

3 velut ad id ς: uel ad P.

4 insurgunt Madvig: adinsurgunt P: adsurgunt ς.

5 A.U.C. 537

6 non detectae novák: deceptae P.

7 qua cuique Priscian x. xliii: quaque P.

8 collibus lipsius: uallibus P: callibus Rossbach (Praef. per p xxvi. 1).

Livy. Boooks XXI-XXII With An English Translation. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1929: no copyright notice.

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    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38, commentary, 37.21
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    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Cortona
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