propere capere arma maniplis edicit vallique tenet munimine turmas Ausonius; torquet totas in proelia vires Poenorum ductor propellitque agmina voce: dum dictator abest, rape, miles, tempora pugnae.
The Roman general ordered his foot-soldiers to arm with speed, and kept his cavalry behind the protection of the ramparts, while Hannibal threw every man into the fighting-line, and called on them thus to go forward: Soldiers, seize the opportunity for battle, while Fabius is absent.
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