huic ductor laetas Tarpeio vertice mensas spondenti, cum quinta diem nox orbe tulisset, celatis superum monitis clausoque pavore, vulnera et exhaustas saevo certamine vires ac nimium laetis excusat fidere rebus.
He promised that, when the fifth night was followed in succession by day,a Hannibal should feast and make merry on the Tarpeian height. Concealing the divine warning and suppressing his fears, Hannibal pleaded in excuse the wounds and weariness of the soldiers after their fierce conflict, and spoke of over-confidence due to success.
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