Cum adversus Hasdrubalem Livius Salinator bellum gesturus urbe egrederetur, monente Fabio Maximo ne ante descenderet in aciem quam hostium vires animumque cognosset, primam occasionem pugnandi non omissurum se respondit, interrogatusque ab eodem quid ita tam festinanter manum conserere vellet, ut quam celerrime inquit aut gloriam ex hostibus victis aut ex civibus prostratis gaudium capiam.
When Livius Salinator was leaving Rome to wage war against Hasdrubal, Fabius Maximus warned him not to go into battle before he had acquainted himself with the enemys power and morale. Livius replied that he would not let slip the first opportunity to fight. When Fabius asked him why he was in such a hurry to engage, he answered: So that I get either glory from the defeated enemy or joy from countrymen laid low as quickly as possible.
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