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44. . . armaverat.1 cum terra marique2 instrui oppugnationem videret, et ipse copias ita disponit: [2] oppidanorum duo milia ab ea parte qua castra Romana erant opponit; quingentis militibus arcem insidit, quingentos tumulo urbis in orientem verso inponit; multitudinem aliam quo clamor, quo subita vocasset res intentam ad omnia occurrere iubet. [3] patefacta deinde porta eos quos in via ferente ad castra hostium instruxerat emittit.3 Romani duce ipso praecipiente parumper cessere, ut propiores subsidiis in certamine ipso summittendis essent. et primo haud impares stetere acies; [4] subsidia deinde identidem summissa e castris non averterunt solum in fugam hostis, sed adeo effusis institerunt ut, nisi receptui cecinisset, permixti fugientibus inrupturi fuisse in urbem viderentur.

[5] trepidatio vero non in proelio maior quam tota urbe fuit. multae stationes pavore atque fuga4 desertae sunt relictique muri, cum qua cuique erat proximum desiluissent. [6] quod ubi5 egressus6 Scipio in tumulum quem Mercuri vocant [p. 172] animadvertit7 multis partibus nudata defensoribus moenia8 esse, omnis e castris excitos ire ad oppugnandam urbem et ferre scalas iubet. [7] ipse trium prae se iuvenum validorum scutis oppositisingens enim iam vis omnis generis telorum e inuris volabatad urbem succedit, hortatur, imperat quae in rem sunt, [8?] quodque plurimum ad accendendos militum animos intererat, testis spectatorque virtutis atque ignaviae cuiusque adest. [9] Itaque in volnera ac tela ruunt, neque illos muri neque superstantes armati arcere queunt quin certatim ascendant. [10] et ab navibus eodem tempore ea quae mari adluitur pars urbis oppugnari coepta est. ceterum tumultus inde maior quam vis adhiberi poterat. [11] dum adplicant, dum raptim9 exponunt scalas militesque, dum qua cuique proximum est in terram evadere properant. ipsa festinatione et certamine alii alios inpediunt.

1 armaverat P(1): deleted A3: om. JKx Aldus, Froben.

2 A.U.C. 544

3 emittit Weissenborn: mittit P(1)JK Aldus.

4 fuga Gronovius: oga P: loga P1?: loca (3) and (with deserta) AJKz.

5 ubi Aldus, Froben, Salmasius: ob P(1).

6 egressus salmasius: veressus P1?R: variously altered in (1): versus Aldus, Froben.

7 vocant animadvertit C4 salmasius: (-ium) cantanti advertit P(3)JK.

8 A.U.C. 544

9 raptim crévier: partim P(1)JK Aldus, Froben.

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    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32, commentary, 31.37
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    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 39-40, commentary, 40.22
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