<w lemma="peptwko%2Ftas">πεπτωκότας</w> <w lemma="e%29poiou%3Dnto">ἐποιοῦντο</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="ma%2Fxhn:">μάχην·</w> <w lemma="%2Aleu%2Fkios">Λεύκιος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%2Fper">καίπερ</w> <w lemma="w%29%5Cn">ὢν</w> <w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%3Ds">ἀρχῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="deciou%3D">δεξιοῦ</w> <w lemma="ke%2Fratos">κέρατος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="metasxw%5Cn">μετασχὼν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%2F">ἐπί</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="i%28ppe%2Fwn">ἱππέων</w> <w lemma="a%29gw%3Dnos">ἀγῶνος</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fmws">ὅμως</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fti">ἔτι</w> <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="diesw%2F%7Czeto">διεσῴζετο</w>.
<w lemma="boulo%2Fmenos">βουλόμενος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="para%2Fklhsin">παράκλησιν</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgois">λόγοις</w> <w lemma="a%29kolou%2Fqws">ἀκολούθως</w> <w lemma="e%29p%27">ἐπ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="gi%2Fnesqai">γίνεσθαι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Frgwn">ἔργων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="qewrw%3Dn">θεωρῶν</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fxon">συνέχον</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="a%29gw%3Dna">ἀγῶνα</w> <w lemma="kri%2Fsews">κρίσεως</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="pezikoi%3Ds">πεζικοῖς</w> <w lemma="stratope%2Fdois">στρατοπέδοις</w> <w lemma="kei%2Fmenon">κείμενον</w>,
<w lemma="parippeu%2Fwn">παριππεύων</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fsa">μέσα</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Flhs">ὅλης</w> <w lemma="parata%2Fcews">παρατάξεως</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cs">αὐτὸς</w> <w lemma="suneple%2Fketo">συνεπλέκετο</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="prose%2Ffere">προσέφερε</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="xei%3Dras">χεῖρας</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="u%28penanti%2Fois">ὑπεναντίοις</w>, <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="pareka%2Flei">παρεκάλει</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="parw%2Fcune">παρώξυνε</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%28tou%3D">αὑτοῦ</w> <w lemma="stratiw%2Ftas">στρατιώτας</w>.
<w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="paraplh%2Fsion">παραπλήσιον</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anni%2Fbas">Ἀννίβας</w> <w lemma="e%29poi%2Fei:">ἐποίει·</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="ou%28%3Dtos">οὗτος</w> <w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%3Ds">ἀρχῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="me%2Fresin">μέρεσιν</w> <w lemma="e%29pe%2Fsth">ἐπέστη</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmews">δυνάμεως</w>.
<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Anoma%2Fdes">Νομάδες</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="deciou%3D">δεξιοῦ</w> <w lemma="ke%2Fratos">κέρατος</w> <w lemma="prospi%2Fptontes">προσπίπτοντες</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="u%28penanti%2Fois">ὑπεναντίοις</w> <w lemma="i%28ppeu%3Dsi">ἱππεῦσι</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="eu%29wnu%2Fmwn">εὐωνύμων</w> <w lemma="tetagme%2Fnois">τεταγμένοις</w> <w lemma="me%2Fga">μέγα</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%2Ft%27">οὔτ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29poi%2Foun">ἐποίουν</w> <w lemma="ou%29de%5Cn">οὐδὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%2Ft%27">οὔτ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fpasxon">ἔπασχον</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="i%29dio%2Fthta">ἰδιότητα</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="ma%2Fxhs">μάχης</w>, <w lemma="a%29pra%2Fktous">ἀπράκτους</w> <w lemma="ge">γε</w> <w lemma="mh%5Cn">μὴν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="polemi%2Fous">πολεμίους</w> <w lemma="pareskeu%2Fazon">παρεσκεύαζον</w>, <w lemma="perispw%3Dntes">περισπῶντες</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pantaxo%2Fqen">πανταχόθεν</w> <w lemma="prospi%2Fptontes">προσπίπτοντες</w>.
<w lemma="e%29pei%5C">ἐπεὶ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29asdrou%2Fban">Ἀσδρούβαν</w> <w lemma="a%29poktei%2Fnantes">ἀποκτείναντες</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="potamo%5Cn">ποταμὸν</w> <w lemma="i%28ppei%3Ds">ἱππεῖς</w> <w lemma="plh%5Cn">πλὴν</w> <w lemma="pantelw%3Ds">παντελῶς</w> <w lemma="o%29li%2Fgwn">ὀλίγων</w> <w lemma="pareboh%2Fqhsan">παρεβοήθησαν</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="eu%29wnu%2Fmwn">εὐωνύμων</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Anoma%2Fsin">Νομάσιν</w>, <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="proi+do%2Fmenoi">προϊδόμενοι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ffodon">ἔφοδον</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="su%2Fmmaxoi">σύμμαχοι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w> <w lemma="i%28ppei%3Ds">ἱππεῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29kkli%2Fnantes">ἐκκλίναντες</w> <w lemma="a%29pexw%2Froun">ἀπεχώρουν</w>.
<w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="w%28%3D%7C">ᾧ</w> <w lemma="kairw%3D%7C">καιρῷ</w> <w lemma="pragmatiko%5Cn">πραγματικὸν</w> <w lemma="dokei%3D">δοκεῖ</w> <w lemma="poih%3Dsai">ποιῆσαι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="fro%2Fnimon">φρόνιμον</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Frgon">ἔργον</w> <w lemma="%2A%29asdrou%2Fbas:">Ἀσδρούβας·</w> <w lemma="qewrw%3Dn">θεωρῶν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Anoma%2Fdas">Νομάδας</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="plh%2Fqei">πλήθει</w> <w lemma="pollou%5Cs">πολλοὺς</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fntas">ὄντας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="praktikwta%2Ftous">πρακτικωτάτους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="foberwta%2Ftous">φοβερωτάτους</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fpac">ἅπαξ</w> <w lemma="e%29gkli%2Fnasin">ἐγκλίνασιν</w>, <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="feu%2Fgontas">φεύγοντας</w> <w lemma="pare%2Fdwke">παρέδωκε</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Anoma%2Fsin">Νομάσιν</w>, <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pezw%3Dn">πεζῶν</w> <w lemma="ma%2Fxhn">μάχην</w> <w lemma="h%28gei%3Dto">ἡγεῖτο</w>, <w lemma="speu%2Fdwn">σπεύδων</w> <w lemma="parabohqh%3Dsai">παραβοηθῆσαι</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Ali%2Fbusi">Λίβυσι</w>.
<w lemma="prospesw%5Cn">προσπεσὼν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai+koi%3Ds">Ῥωμαϊκοῖς</w> <w lemma="stratope%2Fdois">στρατοπέδοις</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="nw%2Ftou">νώτου</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="poiou%2Fmenos">ποιούμενος</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="diadoxh%3Ds">διαδοχῆς</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="i%29%2Flais">ἴλαις</w> <w lemma="e%29mbola%5Cs">ἐμβολὰς</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="pollou%5Cs">πολλοὺς</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpous">τόπους</w> <w lemma="e%29pe%2Frrwse">ἐπέρρωσε</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Ali%2Fbuas">Λίβυας</w>, <w lemma="e%29tapei%2Fnwse">ἐταπείνωσε</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kate%2Fplhce">κατέπληξε</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="yuxai%3Ds">ψυχαῖς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fous">Ῥωμαίους</w>.
<w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="w%28%3D%7C">ᾧ</w> <w lemma="kairw%3D%7C">καιρῷ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aleu%2Fkios">Λεύκιος</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29mi%2Flios">Αἰμίλιος</w> <w lemma="peripesw%5Cn">περιπεσὼν</w> <w lemma="biai%2Fois">βιαίοις</w> <w lemma="plhgai%3Ds">πληγαῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="xeirw%3Dn">χειρῶν</w> <w lemma="no%2Fmw%7C">νόμῳ</w> <w lemma="meth%2Fllace">μετήλλαξε</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="bi%2Fon">βίον</w>, <w lemma="a%29nh%5Cr">ἀνὴρ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fnta">πάντα</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="di%2Fkaia">δίκαια</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="patri%2Fdi">πατρίδι</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="loipo%5Cn">λοιπὸν</w> <w lemma="bi%2Fon">βίον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fsxaton">ἔσχατον</w> <w lemma="kairo%2Fn">καιρόν</w>, <w lemma="ei%29">εἰ</w> <w lemma="kai%2F">καί</w> <w lemma="tis">τις</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fteros">ἕτερος</w>, <w lemma="poih%2Fsas">ποιήσας</w>.
<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%3Doi">Ῥωμαῖοι</w> <w lemma="me%2Fxri">μέχρι</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29ma%2Fxonto">ἐμάχοντο</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29pifanei%2Fas">ἐπιφανείας</w> <w lemma="strefo%2Fmenoi">στρεφόμενοι</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="kekuklwko%2Ftas">κεκυκλωκότας</w>, <w lemma="a%29ntei%3Dxon:">ἀντεῖχον·</w>
<w lemma="a%29ei%5C">ἀεὶ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pe%2Fric">πέριξ</w> <w lemma="a%29pollume%2Fnwn">ἀπολλυμένων</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="braxu%5C">βραχὺ</w> <w lemma="sugkleio%2Fmenoi">συγκλειόμενοι</w>, <w lemma="te%2Flos">τέλος</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%3D">αὐτοῦ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntes">πάντες</w>, <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="oi%28%3Ds">οἷς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Ama%2Frkos">Μάρκος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Agna%2Fios">Γνάιος</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fpeson">ἔπεσον</w>, <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fteron">πρότερον</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ftos">ἔτος</w> <w lemma="u%28%2Fpatoi">ὕπατοι</w> <w lemma="gegono%2Ftes">γεγονότες</w>, <w lemma="a%29%2Fndres">ἄνδρες</w> <w lemma="a%29gaqoi%5C">ἀγαθοὶ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmhs">Ῥώμης</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fcioi">ἄξιοι</w> <w lemma="geno%2Fmenoi">γενόμενοι</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="ki%2Fndunon">κίνδυνον</w>.
<w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="fo%2Fnon">φόνον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="sumplokh%5Cn">συμπλοκὴν</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="%2Anoma%2Fdes">Νομάδες</w> <w lemma="e%28po%2Fmenoi">ἑπόμενοι</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="feu%2Fgousi">φεύγουσι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="i%28ppe%2Fwn">ἱππέων</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fstous">πλείστους</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fkteinan">ἀπέκτειναν</w>, <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="katekrh%2Fmnisan">κατεκρήμνισαν</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="i%28%2Fppwn">ἵππων</w>.
<w lemma="o%29li%2Fgoi">ὀλίγοι</w> <w lemma="de%2F">δέ</w> <w lemma="tines">τινες</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2Aou%29enousi%2Fan">Οὐενουσίαν</w> <w lemma="die%2Ffugon">διέφυγον</w>, <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="oi%28%3Ds">οἷς</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aga%2Fios">Γάιος</w> <w lemma="%2Atere%2Fntios">Τερέντιος</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w> <w lemma="strathgo%2Fs">στρατηγός</w>, <w lemma="a%29nh%5Cr">ἀνὴρ</w> <w lemma="ai%29sxra%5Cn">αἰσχρὰν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="yuxh%5Cn">ψυχὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29lusitelh%3D">ἀλυσιτελῆ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%5Cn">ἀρχὴν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="au%28tou%3D">αὑτοῦ</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="patri%2Fdi">πατρίδι</w> <w lemma="pepoihme%2Fnos">πεποιημένος</w>.
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Aemilius, though he had been on the right wing from the outset and had taken part in the cavalry action, was still safe and sound; but wishing to act up to what he had said in his address to the troops, and to be present himself at the fighting, and seeing that the decision of the battle lay mainly with the legions, he rode along to the centre of the whole line, where he not only threw himself personally into the combat and exchanged blows with the enemy but kept cheering on and exhorting his men. Hannibal, who had been in this part of the field since the commencement of the battle, did likewise.
The Numidians meanwhile on the right wing, attacking the cavalry opposite them on the Roman left, neither gained any great advantage nor suffered any serious loss owing to their peculiar mode of fighting, but they kept the enemy\'s cavalry out of action by drawing them off and attacking them from all sides at once. Hasdrubal, having by this time cut up very nearly all the enemy\'s cavalry by the river, came up from the left to help the Numidians, and now the Roman allied horse, seeing that they were going to be charged by him, broke and fled. Hasdrubal at this juncture appears to have acted with great skill and prudence; for in view of the fact that the Numidians were very numerous and most efficient and formidable when in pursuit of a flying foe he left them to deal with the Roman cavalry and led his squadrons on to where the infantry were engaged with the object of supporting the Africans. Attacking the Roman legions in the rear and delivering repeated charges at various points all at once, he raised the spirits of the Africans and cowed and dismayed the Romans. It was here that Lucius Aemilius fell in the thick of the fight after receiving several dreadful wounds, and of him we may say that if there ever was a man who did his duty by his country both all through his life and in these last times, it was he. The Romans as long as they could turn and present a front on every side to the enemy, held out, but as the outer ranks continued to fall, and the rest were gradually huddled in and surrounded, they finally all were killed where they stood, among them Marcus and Gnaeus, the Consuls of the preceding year, who had borne themselves in the battle like brave men worthy of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>. While this murderous combat was going on, the Numidians following up the flying cavalry killed most of them and unseated others. A few escaped to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Venusia&groupId=1057&placeId=1860">Venusia</a>, among them being the Consul Gaius Terentius, who disgraced himself by his flight and in his tenure of office had been most unprofitable to his country.
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